NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captures new selfie featuring a Martian dust devil
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captures new selfie featuring a Martian dust devil
The selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems. The picture marks 1,500 sols, or Martian days, for Perseverance.
Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 3 miles behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot. Dust devils, a combination of air and dust, are common on Mars.
Released Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, according to NASA.
This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance taking a selfie on May 10, 2025. NASA via AP
It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems, which built the camera.
“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic,” Wu said in a statement.
The picture — which also shows the rover’s latest sample borehole on the surface — marks 1,500 sols, or Martian days, for Perseverance. That’s equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth.
Perseverance is covered with red dust, the result of drilling into dozens of rocks. Perseverance, which landed on Mars in 2021, is collecting samples for an eventual return to Earth from Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed and river delta that could hold clues to any past microbial life.
Last month, released images showed a Martian dust devil consuming a smaller one on the surface of the red planet.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by
The selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images. The picture marks 1,500 sols or Martian days for Perseverance, equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth. Launched in 2020, it is collecting samples for eventual return to Earth from Jezero Crater.
Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up three miles behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot.
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Released on Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, according to Nasa.
It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it”, said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems, which built the camera.
“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic,” Ms Wu said in a statement.
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The picture — which also shows the rover’s latest sample borehole on the surface — marks 1,500 sols or Martian days for Perseverance. That is equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth.
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Perseverance is covered with red dust, the result of drilling into dozens of rocks.
Launched in 2020, it is collecting samples for eventual return to Earth from Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed and river delta that could hold clues of any past microbial life.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captures new selfie featuring a Martian dust devil
The selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems. The picture marks 1,500 sols, or Martian days, for Perseverance.
Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 3 miles behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot. Dust devils, a combination of air and dust, are common on Mars.
Released Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, according to NASA.
This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance taking a selfie on May 10, 2025. NASA via AP
It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems, which built the camera.
“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic,” Wu said in a statement.
The picture — which also shows the rover’s latest sample borehole on the surface — marks 1,500 sols, or Martian days, for Perseverance. That’s equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth.
Perseverance is covered with red dust, the result of drilling into dozens of rocks. Perseverance, which landed on Mars in 2021, is collecting samples for an eventual return to Earth from Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed and river delta that could hold clues to any past microbial life.
Last month, released images showed a Martian dust devil consuming a smaller one on the surface of the red planet.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by
The selfie was taken by a camera on the end of the rover’s arm. It took an hour to take the images, which were taken from a distance of three miles. The image shows a small dust devil in the Martian sky.
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Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 5km (three miles) behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot.
Released on Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, according to Nasa.
It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems, which built the camera.
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“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic,” Wu said in a statement.
Mars rover selfie captures dust devil surprise
The selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images. The picture marks 1,500 sols or Martian days for Perseverance. That’s equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth.
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — The latest selfie by NASA’s Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.
Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 3 miles (5 kilometers) behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot. Released Wednesday, the selfie is a composite of 59 images taken by the camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, according to NASA.
It took an hour to perform all the arm movements necessary to gather the images, “but it’s worth it,” said Megan Wu, an imaging scientist from Malin Space Science Systems, which built the camera.
“Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic,” Wu said in a statement.
The picture — which also shows the rover’s latest sample borehole on the surface — marks 1,500 sols or Martian days for Perseverance. That’s equivalent to 1,541 days on Earth.
Perseverance is covered with red dust, the result of drilling into dozens of rocks. Launched in 2020, it’s collecting samples for eventual return to Earth from Jezero Crater, an ancient lakebed and river delta that could hold clues of any past microbial life.
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