Curiosity Sends Holiday Postcard from Mars

What’s Happening

Real talk: Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov.

18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. The panoramas were captured at 4:15 p. (wild, right?)

On Sol 4,722 and [] 1 min read Curiosity Sends Holiday Postcard from Mars Andrew Good Media Relations Specialist Monika Luabeya Dec 30, 2025 Image Article NASA/JPL-Caltech Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” rover to take images at two times of day on Nov.

The Details

On Sol 4,723 (both at local Mars time), then merged together. Color was later added for an artistic interpretation of the scene with blue representing the morning panorama and yellow representing the afternoon one.

The resulting “postcard” is similar to ones the rover took in June 2023 and November 2021 . Adding color to these kinds of merged images helps different details stand out in the landscape.

Why This Matters

This could have implications for future research in this area.

The scientific community tends to find developments like this significant.

The Bottom Line

This story is still developing, and we’ll keep you updated as more info drops.

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