Explore Mars' Jezero Crater with NASA’s Perseverance Rover

This guided tour of Mars' Jezero Crater from NASA’s Perseverance rover provides a glimpse of the Martian landscape from the rover's highest vantage point yet in the “Séítah” region.

Perseverance Project Scientist Ken Farley points out highlights in this Martian panorama from the rover's Mastcam-Z instrument, including mountains that make up the crater rim, remnants of an ancient river delta that could preserve signs of ancient life, volcanic rocks, and boulders likely carried into the crater by the river in the distant past. The enhanced-color panorama was created from images taken on Nov. 28, 2021.

The color enhancement exaggerates small changes in color from place to place in the scene. This makes it easier for the science team to use their everyday experience to interpret the landscape. The sky on Mars would not actually look blue to a human explorer on the Red Planet, but pinkish.

Perseverance touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

[ethangaines]

So many people simply do not understand the magnificence of looking at another celestial body, an entirely alien landscape we've never seen in such detail, from the comfort and safety of our own planet.
It truly is a wonder to behold that we're literally looking at the surface of a place that is, at it's closest to us during our orbits around the sun - 33.9 million miles away. On average, it's 140 million miles away. It's amazing, absolutely amazing.

[jayski]

I'm so glad JPL shares these videos with us. The enhancements really make the landscape relatable to someone who only has earth landscapes to compare it to. And though it looks like a calm day in these pictures, the ridges on the sand dunes prove that it must get pretty windy from time to time.

[thatsgottahurt]

Every picture thats taken on Mars is amazing. I cant believe the detail. Would love to see a VR Mars experience compiled from all the mosaics and panoramas.

[michaelg]

So even on a clear sunny day the sky on Mars looks pink? Amazing.

[mayureshgawade]

Thank you Nasa Forever grateful for showing us Mars 🙏🏿

[harishwala]

Hello from India 🇮🇳.
Excellent photography .
Excellent Commentry.
Congrats and Best of Luck to All.

[kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

Such extraordinary history making images. Just the realisation that these are images of Mar's surface takes my very breath away.
To the entire NASA team, thank you for your hard work, perseverance and the fulfillment of your shared vision and the dreams of countless Earthlings.

[Babygorl]

Mars is so gorgeous- foreign yet so familiar

[lifestyleunleashed]

Incredible work by all those involved. It is the kind of project I could only dream of being involved in

[byteseq]

I love that they use metric (and with imperial in brackets for the feeble minded)

[elimatusiak]

Thank you, such videos give specific data on the Martian surface. It is beautiful to admire the panorama of the Red Planet, but knowing what we are looking at is success.
I can now recognize the rover's loyalty, height, distance, size of rock formations. Very interesting material. Congratulations on #NASA.

[StarkmanGG]

Wow amazing images crazy how clear the pictures are from Mars

[rwomble]

I second the request to do as many of these types of vids as possible! Thanks, JPL!

[rudypolo]

Complimenti USA per il vostro Rover Perseverance che ogni giorno ci regala a noi appassionati di Astronomia foto fantastiche e affascinanti del Pianeta Rosso Marte, che secondo me è un Pianeta misterioso e anche affascinante e bellissimo e che racchiude in se tanti e bellissimi segreti da scoprire.

[DMful]

Semplicemente magnifico, grazie a tutti gli scienziati e tecnici che ci danno la possibilità di vedere oltre il nostro Pianeta, lunga vita alla ricerca e alla scienza.

[alaskajdw]

Love it !!! Please do as many like this as possible

[oldi]

It's amazing how NASA changed the appearance of Mars over the years. Mars in the 1990s - pathfinder, etc. looked very red, had this very strong reddish hue.
Even the sky was deep red.

Now it has a blue sky, the earth has many colors. Mars has changed a lot in the last 20+ years.

[AKrn]

Super high resolution pictures of the surface of another planet. What would Galileo say?

[libernsalgpz]

Me encanta que las imágenes se vean con todo detalle y que no sean borrosas, porque tanto para mí como para otras personas, nos interesante saber el por qué de las cosas, y que fue lo que realmente sucedió para que se acabara la vida en Marte. Gracias por las imágenes 🙂

[zbigniewloboda]

3:03

A good stories for children and uneducated masses.