#Perseverance zoomed in on what appears to be the path forward on its way to Bright Angel. That area at the center where slope increases is approximately where the rover will enter the field-of-view of #Ingenuity's RTE camera, about 150m W from its current location.
Map follows
Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT, FL: 79mm
looking W (272°) from RMC 52.0400
Sol 1135, LMST: 07:21:50
@tom30519
It'll be interesting to see how they'll handle the increased sideways tilt on a rocky terrain. We haven't seen this rover on such conditions before, AFAICT.
Or, maybe, they plan on traversing another route where the rover will be tilted more downwards than sideways?
@tom30519
And after that, there is the horror of this ripple-field on the way up the rim. I'm not sure that the smooth area between the ripples will be an easy ride. If that too is loose material, then…
@65dBnoise
No doubt Perseverance will be very cautious while negotiating any of the planned routes. Definitely don't want to wind up in the situation that poor Spirit did!
The trip up from Three Forks has been generally pretty easy, as far as traction goes. From here on up the rim could be much different! I expect lots of backing and forwarding and stopping and thinking. 🤔
The field-of-view of the Mastcam-Z camera when it captured the image above (green). The pale red ellipse is the approximate are where Perseverance will come into view of Ingenuity's RTE camera. The red ellipse is approx. the center of the image mentioned above. The dark area is where Ingenuity is hidden from the rover.
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