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CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
CATANIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of MIlo near Catania on February 16, 2021. Salvatore Allegra / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 16: Protesters gather for a demonstration against the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. - Spanish police stormed a university to arrest the rapper barricaded inside after being sentenced to nine months' jail over tweets attacking the monarchy and the police in a case denounced as an attack on freedom of speech. in Barcelona on February 16, 2021. Police and protestors clashed Tuesday night at free speech rallies in support of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested earlier in the day after being sentenced to prison over politically-charged tweets and song lyrics. Hasel was charged with glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy and state institutions. Adria Puig / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - FEBRUARY 16: An innovative design thought up by the architects of the LAB-LAHC Architecture program at the University of La Salle in Bogota could offer a solution to the lack of hospital space and crowd vaccination centers in the fight against COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia on February 16, 2021. The inflatable isolation units are pneumatic structures of domes, developed as emergency epidemiological isolation systems, with the intended purpose of providing suitable spaces for medical personnel to care for patients in remote parts of countries. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout photo shows meteorites hit Mars and create small craters like the one imaged here. This meteorite hit a dusty area and made a crater, but did something a little more special to the surrounding dust. We can see dozens of dark, dust-free, streaks on slopes surrounding the crater. These slope streaks form when dust slumps downhill and happen naturally on a regular basis. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout photo shows a deposit draping the surface like a blanket. The deposit is eroding away, and near the center of the image we can see a section that is bright blue in enhanced color, although the true color is likely reddish. This scarp is exposing ice that makes up most of the mantling deposit. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout photo shows the sun rising in Mars' Northern Hemisphere, and spring activity is starting as the seasonal polar cap begins to sublimate (going from ice directly to gas). A layer of dry ice covers the sand dunes in this image. Gas jets sprout through the ice layer carrying dust and sand from the surface, showing up as dark fans. At this time in early Martian spring, the fans are visible between the sand dunes. The ground between the dunes is on the scale of tens of centimeters, and ice in places where the sun hits more directly will thin fastest, releasing the jets. Later, the ice over and around the dunes will rupture and more fans will appear on the dunes. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout annotated mosaic depicts a possible route the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could take across Jezero Crater as it investigates several ancient environments that may have once been habitable. The route begins at the cliffs defining the base of a delta produced by a river as it flowed into a lake that once filled the crater. The path then traverses up and across the delta toward possible ancient shoreline deposits, and then climbs the 2,000-foot-high (610-meter-high) crater rim to explore the surrounding plains. About half of this traverse could be completed in Perseverance's prime mission (one Mars year, or two Earth years). For reference, the prominent crater near the center of the image is about 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) across. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout photo of several craters in Arabia Terra are filled with layered rock, often exposed in rounded mounds. The bright layers are roughly the same thickness, giving a stair-step appearance. The process that formed these sedimentary rocks is not yet well understood. They could have formed from sand or volcanic ash that was blown into the crater, or in water if the crater hosted a lake. One thing is certain, though: it wouldn't be hard to get your 10,000 daily steps when going on a hike in beautiful Arabia Terra! The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout photo of the white circle near the center of this image of Mars represents the location where NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to land on February 18, 2021. The landing ellipse, measuring 4.8 miles by 4.1 miles (7.7 kilometers by 6.6 kilometers), places the rover at the site of an ancient river delta which could harbor signs of fossilized microbial life. The fan-like shape of the delta is visible in this image, as is the crater rim. The crater was once filled with a lake several hundred feet deep. The basemap image featured here was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard the ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Express orbiter. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout illustration depicts a possible area through which the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could traverse across Jezero Crater as it investigates several ancient environments that may have once been habitable. The route begins at the cliffs defining the base of a delta produced by a river as it flowed into a lake that once filled the crater. The path then traverses up and across the delta toward possible ancient shoreline deposits, and then climbs the 2,000-foot-high (610-meter-high) crater rim to explore the surrounding plains. About half of this traverse could be completed in Perseverance's prime mission (one Mars year, or two Earth years). For reference, the prominent crater near the center of the image is about 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) across. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover exploring inside Mars' Jezero Crater. The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) crater is located on the western edge of a flat plain called Isidis Planitia, which lies just north of the Martian equator. NASA believes the ancient lake-delta system there is the best place for Perseverance, in its hunt for signs of past microscopic life, to find and collect promising rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) samples for a possible future return to Earth. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
Handout illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey NASA's Perseverance rover takes to Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute flawlessly and precisely on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on February 18, 2021. Entry, Descent, and Landing, or "EDL," begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere, traveling nearly 12,500 mph (20,000 kph). EDL ends about seven minutes after atmospheric entry, with Perseverance stationery on the Martian surface. At about 6,900 feet (2,100 meters) above the surface, the rover separates from the backshell and fires up the descent stage engines. As the descent stage levels out and slows to its final descent speed of about 1.7 mph (2.7 kph), it initiates the "skycrane" maneuver. About 12 seconds before touchdown, roughly 66 feet (20 meters) above the surface, the descent stage lowers the rover on a set of cables about 21 feet (6.4 meters) long. The rover unstows its mobility system, locking its legs and wheels into a landing position. As soon as the rover senses that its wheels have touched the ground, it cuts the cables connecting it to the descent stage. This frees the descent stage to fly off to make its own uncontrolled landing on the surface, a safe distance away from Perseverance. The American space agency says its Perseverance rover is lined up perfectly for its landing on Mars. The robot is heading for a touchdown on Thursday in a crater called Jezero just north of the planet's equator. Its mission objectives will be to search for signs of past life and to collect and prepare rock samples for return to Earth in the 2030s. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 is seen along with its mother in their barn at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 is seen along with its mother in their barn at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 is seen along with its mother in their barn at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
BURSA, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 17: 60th foal of 2021 born on a snow covered ground at a horse farm affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM), in Mahmudiye district of Eskisehir, Turkey on February 17, 2021. A horse at the pasture area of Nurettin Aral Mare Stud Farm named Zamangulu (Time Rose) gave birth to a male foal. Ali Atmaca / Anadolu Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM
