HiRISE | Marathon Rover (ESP_093190

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Marathon Rover
ESP_093190_1985 Science Theme: Composition and Photometry

The Perseverance rover just completed a marathon on Mars, and in record time! The previous record was held by the Opportunity rover, which took 11 years and 2 months to reach the milestone. Percy accomplished it in just 5 years and 4 months.

Perseverance even posed for a fantastic photo as it approached the finish line. The image was captured by HiRISE on 13 June 2026. The rover tracks visible in our image record the rover’s recent traverse beyond the western rim of Jezero Crater.

Interestingly, this achievement was not the original subject of HiRISE’s planned observation. The team had planned the image to compare with rover measurements and, coincidentally, captured a beautiful photo finish.

Written by: Alivia Eng (25 June 2026)

Acquisition date
13 June 2026

Local Mars time
14:23

Latitude (centered)
18.432°

Longitude (East)
77.224°

Spacecraft altitude
279.1 km (173.4 miles)

Original image scale range
from 27.9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 55.8 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.5°

Phase angle
53.8°

Solar incidence angle
53°, with the Sun about 37° above the horizon

Solar longitude
300.5°, Northern Winter

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 319.4°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (471MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (325MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (220MB)
non-map           (340MB)

IRB color
map projected (74MB)
non-map           (252MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (140MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (133MB)

RGB color
non map           (255MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

USAGE POLICY
All of the images produced by HiRISE and accessible on this site are within the public domain: there are no restrictions on their usage by anyone in the public, including news or science organizations. We do ask for a credit line where possible:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.