65dBnoise, 2 months ago to space

Tabula rasa.

#Perseverance needs a chisel 😀

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (301°) from RMC 51.1886
Sol 1105, LMST: 11:49:31

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01105/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1105_0765033722_956EBY_N0511886ZCAM09123_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to scifi

Imagine this isn't #Perseverance but something 10 times bigger and centuries later, and the operation isn't abrading a rock for science, but surface mining Mars for profit. Is that #SciFi? Or is it just the ugly future for Mars?

Processed, leveled, cropped FRONT_HAZCAM_LEFT_A
looking N (10°) from RMC 50.1618
Sol 1080, LMST: 12:50:23

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01080/ids/edr/browse/fcam/FLF_1080_0762818163_942ECM_N0501618FHAZ00215_04_090J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#AnnClayborn #KimStanleyRobinson #KSR #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space