{
  "id": 16676439,
  "title": "NASA’s Perseverance Views Dust at Neretva Vallis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nasas-perseverance-views-dust-at-neretva-vallis-16676439",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T22:48:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
    "slug": "nasa",
    "url": "https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-views-dust-at-neretva-vallis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA's Perseverance Rover captured a 360-degree view of Neretva Vallis, a dust-laden area within Mars' Jezero Crater, during its mission on May 20, 2024. The image, stitched from 217 photos taken by the rover's Mastcam-Z instrument, highlights the wind-swept landscape that was once a river channel, nourishing fresh water into the crater billions of years ago. The Mastcam-Z, jointly operated by Arizona State University and Malin Space Science Systems, along with the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, is responsible for the camera's design, fabrication, testing, and operation. Perseverance, built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech), continues to explore Mars' surface.",
  "summary": "Description This 360-degree look at Neretva Vallis within Mars’ Jezero Crater was stitched together using 217 images acquired by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on May 20, 2024, the 1,155th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. While it is a wind-swept dusty vista today, billions of years ago it was home to a river channel that fed fresh water into […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}