{"id":9995,"date":"2026-05-12T22:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:53:52","slug":"nasas-perseverance-rover-has-added-another-self-portrait-to-its-collection-from-the-surface-of-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9995","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Rover Has Added Another Self-Portrait to its Collection from the Surface of Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12145500\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg\" alt=\"NASA Perseverance Rover Selfie Mars 2026\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/><br \/>In the frame, NASA\u2019s six-wheeled Perseverance rover is securely planted on a stretch of dirt far to the west of Jezero Crater. You can see its mast dipping down towards Arethusa, the rocky protrusion we\u2019ve all become familiar with, before swinging back around to face the camera full on. Years of driving have created a fine layer of dust on the rover and its wheels, catching the light and creating a beautiful warm glow. Meanwhile, a new circular mark on Arethusa indicates where the rover dug in with its biters and removed a portion of the surface to examine what was hidden beneath. The robotic arm in front, with the WATSON camera attached to its end, is the one that took it all in.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-243154\"\/><br \/><iframe title=\"Perseverance rover captures new selfie and panorama on Mars\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/100EvCjKEm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Perseverance rover captures new selfie and panorama on Mars\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/100EvCjKEm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nSixty-one separate exposures went into the final composite. The arm performed sixty-two precise shifts across roughly one hour on March 11, 2026, the 1,797th Martian day of the mission. Each small adjustment let the camera capture another slice of the rover and its surroundings until the pieces fit together into one complete portrait.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--ribbon aawp-product--sale\" data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0BSRD2CXY\" data-aawp-product-id=\"232918\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"tec02e-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Building Toys - STEM Model Kit for Boys &amp; Girls Ages 10+ Years - Gifts for Birthdays - Detailed Set for Display - 42158\">\n<p>    <span class=\"aawp-product__ribbon aawp-product__ribbon--sale\">Sale<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QAPQzx3kL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Building Toys - STEM Model Kit for Boys &amp; Girls, Ages 10+ Years...\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n<p>            LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Building Toys &#8211; STEM Model Kit for Boys &amp; Girls, Ages 10+ Years&#8230;        <\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n<ul>\n<li>Feed a passion for science and technology \u2013 Kids can learn more about the challenges of space exploration with this LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a test flight \u2013 This advanced building kit for kids ages 10 and up includes a buildable toy version of NASA\u2019s Ingenuity helicopter, which&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>AR brings the mission to life \u2013 The accompanying augmented reality app experience lets kids dive into the details of the rover and its mission<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nBeyond the rover, the landscape stretches in all directions. The western rim of Jezero Crater is made up of all these ancient rock layers that continue on for as far as the eye can see beneath that pale, pale sky. The land around the rover is covered with boulders and strange ridges that have formed over billions of years. We name that area Lac de Charmes, and it\u2019s all the way out on the western side, the farthest Perseverance has gotten since it landed five years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/12145454\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"NASA Perseverance Rover Selfie Mars 2026\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"\/><br \/>The rock named Arethusa drew the rover here for good reason. After the abrasion the team studied the freshly exposed material and found it consists of igneous minerals with large crystals that formed deep underground long before Jezero Crater itself existed. Those crystals point back to some of the earliest chapters in Mars history, when molten rock cooled slowly far beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Moments like this one are a big part of what keeps the mission going, as Perseverance is currently in the middle of its fifth science campaign on the northern rim, collecting data that helps connect the younger sedimentary layers inside the crater to the much older stuff that\u2019s exposed outside. So far, the rover has cut a piece out of 62 rocks, filled 25 sample tubes, and explored about 26 miles of terrain, which is just a couple of miles shy of a full marathon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Rover Has Added Another Self-Portrait to its Collection from the Surface of Mars<br \/>\n<br \/>#NASAs #Perseverance #Rover #Added #SelfPortrait #Collection #Surface #Mars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the frame, NASA\u2019s six-wheeled Perseverance rover is securely planted on a stretch of dirt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[167,8286,353,3413,7696,7695,8285,3158],"class_list":["post-9995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-added","tag-collection","tag-mars","tag-nasas","tag-perseverance","tag-rover","tag-selfportrait","tag-surface"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg",960,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg",960,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg",960,640,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026.jpg",960,640,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nasa-perseverance-rover-selfie-mars-2026-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}