Incredible: 360 degree visualisation from Mars surface goes viral but its not what its seems – The Indian Express

As NASAs Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars, it has created a huge buzz online among space enthusiasts, who cant wait to catch images of the Red Planet. Now, a 360-degree visualisation from Mars surface has gone viral, leaving many mesmerised with an incredible sky lit with zillions of stars the only problem is that its photoshopped and not real.

Hugh Hou, a videographer from the US who specialises in 360-degree imagery, recently created an artistic 360-degree visualisation and the stunning creation got more than 1.6 million shares on Facebook. To make the experience worthwhile, Hou urged netizens to wear their VR headsets while experiencing Whats Mars surface looks. The artist said that the view was created by stitching six individual images taken by NASAs Perseverance Mars rover on February 20, 2021.

Although in the long description, the artist explains: The sky does not represent the real sky from Mars, it failed to get noticed by most people. As the image went viral, the fact that it was misleading and fake irked many online, who later commented they feel cheated.

Disclaimer: the original photo does not have the full sky, I edited the sky to have a full 360 experience inside a VR headset like Oculus Quest 2, he added in a comment. This is an art, he clarified again.

Now, in case youre wondering how it actually looks like to stand on Mars, NASAs JPL released a video of the high-definition 360 degree view of landing site the Jezero Crater as captured by the rovers colour Navigation Cameras, or Navcams. Unlike Hous version, in NASAs video Red Plants sky appears to be misty and in rusty hues.

NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or head, 360 degrees, allowing the rovers Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet, NASA wrote in a press release.

The US space agency also released a first picture of the panoramic view taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASAs Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission (Feb. 21, 2021), it added in a statement.

NASA said that they will use these mast cameras to determine which rocks are worth sampling and which should be collected and returned to Earth in the future.

A key objective of Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

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Incredible: 360 degree visualisation from Mars surface goes viral but its not what its seems - The Indian Express