This is MARS in 4K UHD - Mindblowing Video and 360° Tour of Jezero Crater

I just came across two little gems that IMO deserve a thread of its own, especially if you really want to enjoy the brillant, pristine imagery that's been sent down from Mars by Perseverance Rover over the last couple of days.

The first is a breathtaking 4K video that's been masterfully crafted including the latest hi-res photos acquired by the rover's Zoom-cameras. Add in an excellent, atmospheric soundtrack and you've got the next best thing to actually being on Mars yourself. Words can't really describe this experience, one has to see it to believe it:

The second gem I was referring to above is a beautifully rendered panorama of the rover's landing site, presented as a seamless 360° experience. The sky has been added and therefore isn't the original Martian sky but the rest is the real deal.

It really is a lot of fun to just pan around that scene in fullscreen mode (clicking on the image below will take you straight to the "Creator Up!" website with the 360° panorama, you just need to click the icon for fullscreen mode in the top right corner):

Being quite familiar with image editing myself, I know that the creators of the above work must have invested lots of time and effort including hours of editing, optimizing and testing in order to achieve these results, it's really amazing and I'm grateful they decided to share their marvelous work.

Mars Exploration has never been as impressive as it is today and I do hope that you'll enjoy these Martian sceneries just as much as I did!



SOURCES & LINKS:
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01. YouTube: This is MARS in 4K UHD
02. Mars Mastcam-Z HIGH-RESOLUTION 360° Virtual Tour

Is everyone excited because they finally quit putting $5 cameras on billion dollar rovers?

Looks like a great place to ride a dirt bike. With 1/3 the gravity of Earth, the jumps could be out of this world.

originally posted by: Middleoftheroad
Is everyone excited because they finally quit putting $5 cameras on billion dollar rovers?

Those cameras are exposed to absolutely extreme conditions, eg. radiation in space and that on the surface of Mars. Usual stock items won't get them very far and off-the-shelf "high-end" cameras that malfunction 5 minutes after touching down would be a huge disappointment.

That said, I think the excitement is absolutely justified!

originally posted by: Nickn3
Looks like a great place to ride a dirt bike. With 1/3 the gravity of Earth, the jumps could be out of this world.

Indeed... and a great place to fly a helicopter



Mars Scout Helicopter "Ingenuity"

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originally posted by: Nickn3
Looks like a great place to ride a dirt bike. With 1/3 the gravity of Earth, the jumps could be out of this world.

The landings would suck.

originally posted by: Nickn3
Looks like a great place to ride a dirt bike. With 1/3 the gravity of Earth, the jumps could be out of this world.

Off the planet for sure!

originally posted by: jeep3r

originally posted by: Nickn3
Looks like a great place to ride a dirt bike. With 1/3 the gravity of Earth, the jumps could be out of this world.

Indeed... and a great place to fly a helicopter

Mars Scout Helicopter "Ingenuity"

It's actually a really difficult place to fly a helicopter, because the atmosphere is alot thinner than here on Earth. That being said, they found a way!

a reply to: jeep3r

Beautiful thank you for this.

Saw something at 29:30. Can't make it out.

a reply to: jeep3r

Very cool...

This is going to be years of entertainment of people finding stuff in pictures...lol

Allow me to kick it of with the 7:45 mark of the first video where somebody left a clear sign of a previous civilization.



If my ancient Martian is correct it says:" Let's terraform Earth!

Peace

For those interested in exploring the Jezero Crater view from Percy's 4th day on Mars incl. zooming functionality, there's now an interactive panorama available on GigaMacro (click on image below to go directly to the panorama on that site):

It contains basically the same hi-res Mastcam-Z imagery that's in the video "This is Mars in 4K UHD", but let's you explore the area more freely by panning around and zooming in and out.

Enjoy!