Mars as it's never been seen before: Curiosity rover reveals panoramic view of planet's craters
A stunning new video from Nasa's Curiosity rover has shown an incredible panoramic view over the craters of Mars.
The 16 landscape photographs, which were stitched together to create the sweeping view, were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity's Mast Camera, or Mastcam.
Viewers can see across the Vera Rubin Ridge, thanks to the video which was made and released by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
The panoramic view gives an overview of much of the rover's 11 mile (18 km) path along the crater's outer edge.
Because the atmosphere on Mars is so much thinner than ours, a mountain which is more than 50 miles away can be seen in the background.
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The spectacular video was taken at an elevation of 327 metres (1,073 feet) and shows the 3.5-3.8 billion-year-old crater, which covers an area 96 miles (154 kilometres) in diameter - about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut combined.
Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: "Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.
"From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater."
