The Surface of Mars Shown in Stunning 4K Resolution

in Astronomy, Travel | February 18th, 2021 7 Comments

Could you use a men­tal escape? Some­thing that trans­ports you beyond the con­fines of your pan­dem­ic-nar­rowed world? Maybe a trip to Mars will do the trick. Above and below, you can find high def­i­n­i­tion footage cap­tured by NASA’s three Mars rovers–Spirit, Oppor­tu­ni­ty and Curios­i­ty. The footage (also con­tributed by JPL-Cal­tech, MSSS, Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty and ASU) was stitched togeth­er by Elder­Fox Doc­u­men­taries, cre­at­ing what they call the most life­like expe­ri­ence of being on Mars.

Safe trav­els.

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

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  • joseph parsons says:
    February 18, 2021 at 7:09 am

    Mankind can­not be all bad if it achieves this lev­el.

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  • Steve Coffield says:
    February 19, 2021 at 6:00 am

    Is the col­or changed or enhanced at all in these video images or are they exact­ly as record­ed?

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  • William smith says:
    February 19, 2021 at 11:05 am

    The rovers for the most part have been astound­ing successes.congrats.

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  • Dawn Graves says:
    February 20, 2021 at 9:57 am

    I am thor­ough­ly amazed at the video. Please keep send­ing any more videos that be released.

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  • Robert B. Marcus says:
    February 23, 2021 at 8:53 am

    I read in a few places “Mars in 4K” or “4K res­o­lu­tion”. But I don’t know what this means.

    Res­o­lu­tion is usu­al­ly giv­en by the num­ber of pix­els that com­prise an image.

    Could you please explain the mean­ing of “Mars in 4K”?

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  • Robert B. Marcus says:
    February 23, 2021 at 8:54 am

    I read in a few places “Mars in 4K” or “4K res­o­lu­tion”. But I don’t know what this means.

    Res­o­lu­tion is usu­al­ly giv­en by the num­ber of pix­els that com­prise an image.

    Could you please explain the mean­ing of these terms?

    Reply
  • Thomas Ellis says:
    February 23, 2021 at 9:24 am

    Does any­one know the title to the music played?

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