65dBnoise, 17 days ago

"Let's get to the bottom of it"
A path to reach the bottom.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking WNW (285°), tilted 16°
RMC 52.2266, Sol 1145, LMST: 13:17:15

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01145/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1145_0768590165_660ECM_N0522266NCAM03145_01_085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

sharponlooker, 17 days ago

@65dBnoise if they'd take a selfie now, #TheStraightHorizonPolice would have a field day with it 🙃

65dBnoise, 17 days ago

@sharponlooker
Actually it would be one-of-a-kind for a selfie, provided those assembling the mosaic would take the gravity vector (a.k.a. straight horizon) into consideration. 🙄

And that includes #NASA
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-selfie-shows-curiosity-the-mars-chemist

sharponlooker, 17 days ago

@65dBnoise i wonder if it would be the largest rover tilt imaged, or was that Curiosity angle even higher?

65dBnoise, 17 days ago

@sharponlooker
That Curiosity selfie was at an 8° tilt. If Perseverance took a selfie while descending Neretva Valis, that is within the next two - three sols, then that would have a much greater tilt.

65dBnoise, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago)

@sharponlooker
The movement has gained traction lately. It's only a mater of time for all horizons to be straight again 🤪

Seriously, I can't see the point for spending so much time to get colors right, and then neglect lens distortions and rotation of the frame, as if tile would somehow be natural, just to have a rectangular frame. It makes no sense.

#TheStraightHorizonPolice