NASA’s Perseverance rover has produced its sharpest panorama of Mars to date after an unusually clear spell of weather over Jezero Crater. The mosaic, assembled from 96 Mastcam-Z images, was shot on 26 May 2025 (mission Sol 1,516) at a site the science team calls Falbreen. The high-resolution view resolves hills as far as 65 kilometres away and captures fine surface details, including a large “float rock” perched on a sand ripple, a boundary between lighter olivine-rich rocks and darker, older clay-bearing terrain, and the rover’s 43rd abrasion patch— a 5-centimetre window drilled to expose fresh rock for analysis. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said dust levels on Mars typically drop only every two Martian years, giving the rover a rare opportunity for long-range imaging. The panorama will help scientists choose future sampling sites and refine plans for returning Jezero’s ancient rocks to Earth.