NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Sent Back a Stunning ‘Postcard’

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for more than a decade now—diligently traversing the unexplored landscape to collect soil, rock, and air samples for researchers on terra firma. Occasionally, it gets to dabble in its other hobby: Martian photography.

A great example is one of its most recent pics, showcasing a stunning sunrise and blue afternoon sky simultaneously on Mars. Curiosity captured an image of the Marker Band Valley before it left the area to head to other parts of the Red Planet. The new image is really a composite taken on April 8 at 9:20 a.m. and 3:40 p.m. local Mars time, depicting stunning details and the exquisite contrast in lighting between the two times of day.

Here's the morning pic:

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