NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures 12-Hour ‘Martian Day’

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures 12-Hour ‘Martian Day’

This Is What a Day on Mars Really Looks Like

A series of images taken by the rover as it stood still shows just how mundane a day on the Martian soil can be.

12 hours on Mars: What NASA cameras captured during a search mission on the red planet

NASA's Mars rover captures time-lapse of the red planet

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures 12-Hour ‘Martian Day’

Watch video of dawn to dusk on Mars captured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover

These timelapse videos of dawn to dusk on the red planet were captured by NASA's Curiosity Rover.

This is how a day looks on Mars: Curiosity rover sends video from dawn to dusk

The operation was timed just before Mars entered solar conjunction, a period when the Sun's position between Earth and Mars disrupts radio communication due to solar plasma interference.