A Snowy Egret is silhouetted against the rising sun on launch day at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 30, 2020. - The Perseverance rover launched aboard an Atlas V rocket and will seek signs of ancient life on Mars and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth. Perseverance is scheduled to arrive at the Jezero Crater on Mars on February 18, 2021. It will also carry the Mars Helicopter as part of a technology demonstration. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP)