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[EN VIDÉO] Curiosity: A year on Mars in two minutes Discover a year of Mars exploration in two minutes in this time lapse. Curiosity is at work…
It has now been more than 10 years since NASA’s Curiosity rover examined the soil on Mars. And on day 4,002 of its mission to the Red Planet, on November 8, Curiosity, stationary, captured its own shadow moving on the surface of Mars for about 12 hours a day.
The 12 hours of a Martian day filmed by Curiosity
The instruction was sent to him just before engineers lost contact with the rover while the SunSun was between Earth and our neighbor. Astronomers hoped to use the opportunity to observe some meteorological phenomena such as clouds or dust vortices. Instead, they recorded the passage of time on Mars, from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time.
Two videos for two points of view in one day on Mars
A first video shows images from the front hazard avoidance camera (Hazcam) traveling southeast along the Gediz Vallis, a valley on Mount Sharp.
A second video takes a look behind Curiosity, looking northwest, up the slopes of Mount Sharp to the bottom of Gale Crater.
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