The composite panorama is the result of more than 1,000 separate images taken around Thanksgiving 2019. The images were taken while the "mission team was out for the Thanksgiving holiday," NASA said in the announcement. "Sitting still with few tasks to do while awaiting the team to return and provide its next commands, the rover had a rare chance to image its surroundings from the same vantage point several days in a row."

The image shows Glen Torridon, a part of Mount Sharp that Curiosity is looking into. That image took more than six-and-a-half hours over four days to get the image. To get the lighting right, Curiosity only took photos from noon to 2pm daily.

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