At 19:03:31 UTC Mastcam Left captured the inner rim of Gale crater, with some nice layered rocks in the foreground.
The crater rim appears visibly blurred, probably from haze, and the sky also appears a bit more milky than usual with a hint of clouds on the horizon.
Also note the slab of rock seen in profile sticking out of the ground like some sort of “sword in the rock”; spectacular!
The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone a reduction of noise due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see.
Original image: https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/02679/mcam/2679ML0140280001002760C00_DXXX.jpg
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