The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.

The footage – a compilation of 16 separate scenic images – was taken by the space agency’s Curiosity Rover.

It shows the sparse reddy landscape of the Gale Crater, an area 96 miles in diameter and about the same size as Rhode Island and Connecticut in the US combined.

In the distance, large mountains rise into the sky which look just a few miles in the distance.

But they are in fact more than 50 miles away, with the planet’s incredibly thin atmosphere give the illusion they are closer.

The photos were taken on October 25, 2017, by Curiosity’s Mast Camera.

But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have only recently released the panorama.

The pictures’ white-balance was also adjusted to make the rocks appear as they would under daylight conditions on Earth.

In a written statement, curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said: “Even though Curiosity has been steadily climbing for five years, this is the first time we could look back and see the whole mission laid out below us.

“From our perch on Vera Rubin Ridge, the vast plains of the crater floor stretch out to the spectacular mountain range that forms the northern rim of Gale Crater.”

It comes after a bombshell study claimed humans will be able to live on the Red Planet in just five years.