Science and Exploration

InSight Watches A Martian Sunset

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
April 22, 2022
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InSight Watches A Martian Sunset
InSight Watches A Martian Sunset
NASA

NASA’s InSight Mars lander acquired this image using its robotic arm-mounted, Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC).
This image was acquired on April 10, 2022, Sol 1198 where the local mean solar time for the image exposures was 05:30:46.946 AM. Each IDC image has a field of view of 45 x 45 degrees.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech larger image

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