What a time to be alive, when you can pull a tiny computer from your pocket and gaze at a high-resolution panorama of Mars captured by a space-traveling robot.

The image is a mosaic of 96 images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on May 26, 2025, that were carefully pieced together to create this 360° panoramic image.

If you’re wondering why the sky looks so blue, that’s because the image has had its colors enhanced to emphasize contrast and detail. While vivid blue hues can naturally occur during Martian sunrises and sunsets , this particular view has been digitally enhanced to provide clearer visual contrast between the sky and terrain.

In reality, the Martian sky retains its characteristic reddish tones, which you can see in the natural-color version of the image (at the bottom of

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