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<a href="http://pancam.sese.asu.edu/images/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub.tif" rel="noreferrer nofollow">pancam.sese.asu.edu/images/sunset_a489_gamma_2sub.tif</a> On May 19th, 2005, as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit watched. Here is the martian sunset at Gusev crater, as imaged by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol (May 19, 2005). Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to Mars Odyssey before sunset. This small panorama of the western sky was obtained using camera's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer color filters. This filter combination allows false color images to be generated that are similar to what a human would see, but with the colors exaggerated. In this image, the bluish glow in the sky above the Sun would be visible to us if we were there, but the redness of the sky farther from the sunset is exaggerated compared to the daytime colors of the martian sky. For an observer on Mars, the Sun would have appeared two-thirds the size it appears in a sunset seen from the Earth. The nearest terrain is the rock outcrop "Jibsheet," with the Gusev crater floor in the distance, and the Sun setting behind the Gusev crater wall. [Rover tracks are dimly visible leading up to Jibsheet.] |
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| Author | Raziel Abulafia |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by razielabulafia at https://flickr.com/photos/187631144@N02/50695877607. It was reviewed on 13 May 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero. |
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