NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)

NASA has released a pair of sweeping new panoramas from its two active Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance, offering a vivid look at how dramatically different regions of the Red Planet can be — and how each mission is uncovering a distinct chapter of Martian history. Portion of a 360-degree panorama, featuring low ridges called boxwork formations, captured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover between Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, 2025. At 1.5 billion pixels, it's one of the largest panoramas Curiosity has ever taken. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)"These rocks were here long before water filled the crater," according to a NASA video illustrating the significance of the recent images. "Scientists even believe some rocks in this area formed when Mars was still shaping its crust and atmosphere — and massive asteroids were pummeling the planet's surface. This terrain is a time capsule from the earliest period of the solar system."Curiosity, by contrast, offers a view from deep within Gale Crater, where it has spent years climbing the foothills of Mount Sharp. Its latest panorama, comprising 1,031 images taken between Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, 2025, highlights a network of low ridges known as "boxwork" formations. These surface patterns were formed by