looking down the slope of a crater rim on mars, with rover tracks in the foreground
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NASA’s Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos)

NASA’s Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds.

The car-sized Perseverance landed on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) Jezero Crater in February 2021 to hunt for signs of past Mars life and collect dozens of samples for future return to Earth.

Perseverance has finished its work in Jezero’s flats and is now scaling the crater’s western rim, on its way to explore new and disparate Mars landscapes. Late last month, however, the rover paused to take in the grand Jezero view — and to share that vista with its handlers on Earth.

Portion of an enhanced-color mosaic that was taken on Sept. 27, 2024 by the Perseverance rover while climbing the western wall of Jezero Crater. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS)

Mission team members stitched together 44 photos that Perseverance snapped on Sept. 27, creating a mosaic that features many of the landmarks the rover has explored.

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