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In case anyone wants to keep an eye on the ongoing stream of images from the rovers, Nasa has an easy API that gives you a JSON file describing each image for t
by EnigmaFlare 3y ago
In case anyone wants to keep an eye on the ongoing stream of images from the rovers, Nasa has an easy API that gives you a JSON file describing each image for the day.
https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/perseverance/latest_photos?api_key=put-your-key-here https://api.nasa.gov/mars-photos/api/v1/rovers/perseverance/...
Get an API key here https://api.nasa.gov/ https://api.nasa.gov/
For example, today's record for a picture of the helicopter with the missing blade looks like this:
{
"id":1229137,
"sol":1072,
"camera":{"id":48,"name":"SUPERCAM_RMI","rover_id":8,"full_name":"SuperCam Remote Micro Imager"},
"img_src":"https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01072/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRE_1072_0762099726_099ECM_N0501618SCAM02072_0010I9J02_1200.jpg",
"earth_date":"2024-02-24",
"rover":{"id":8,"name":"Perseverance","landing_date":"2021-02-18","launch_date":"2020-07-30","status":"active","max_sol":1072,"max_date":"2024-02-24","total_photos":202033,"cameras":[...]}
}