Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                              2018 September 10
                    Curiosity Vista from Vera Rubin Ridge
  Image Credit: NASA [2] , JPL-Caltech [3] , MSSS [4] , Curiosity Mars Rover

Explanation: If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? If you were
NASA's Curiosity rover [5] , just last month you would have seen the view from
Vera Rubin Ridge [6] , an intriguing rock-strewn perch [7] on the side of
Mount Sharp [8] . In the featured 360-degree panorama [9] , you can spin
around and take in the vista [10]  from all directions, in many browsers, just
by pointing or tilting [11] . In this virtual reality [12]  view, many
instruments on the rover [13]  are labelled, including antennas, the robotic
arm, and the radioisotope thermoelectric generator [14]  (RTG). Dark sand and
light rock cover the ground nearby in a mixture called lakebed mudstone.
Towering Mount Sharp [15]  is only barely visible in the distance due to
airborne dust from a planet-wide storm [16]  just winding down. Among its many
discoveries [17] , Curiosity has found that the raw ingredients for life [18]
are present on Mars. Next on Mars [19]  will be NASA's Insight [20] , on
target to land [21]  in late November, which is scheduled to deploy a
seismometer [22] to better study the interior of the red planet [23] .

                    Tomorrow's picture: troll tongue galaxy

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  [6]
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-ima...
curiosity-deck-panorama-at-stoer.html
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  [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality
  [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(rove...
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https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/technology/...
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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/nasa-r...
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  [20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight
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