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Wow check this out: the Martian rover Perseverance made a huge leap forward to reach its Sol 1162 location, right in the middle of Neretva Vallis, in the close vicinity of an island-like mound.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/

#Perseverance #Mars #Sol1162 #rover #PerseveranceRover #NeretvaVallis #Neretva #river #valley #NeretvaRiver #space #Astrodon #science #map #STEM

pomarede,
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This area was photographed from afar on several occasion, including here on Sol 1146.

A mosaic of natural color images generated by the Mastcam-Z Downlink team at Arizona State University.

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The path travelled by the rover, as seen by its Left Navigation Camera

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #Mars #Sol1162 #rover #PerseveranceRover #NeretvaVallis #Neretva #river #valley #NeretvaRiver #space #Astrodon #science #Martian #landscape #panorama #path

pomarede,
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A composite view of the island-like mound taken by the Left Navcam. A peculiar rock with a white texture really stands out on its slope.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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An 18-images mosaic captured by the Right Mastcam-Z science camera

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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Up there is where #Perseverance took some of the best shots of #Ingenuity at its final landing location. It was there two months ago, around Sol 1100. Tosol is Sol 1163 of the mission.

MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 79mm
looking ESE (109°) from RMC 52.3158
Sol 1161, LMST: 13:00:02

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01161/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1161_0770009479_113EBY_N0523158ZCAM09198_0790LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, to space
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And so, we came here.

("We", meaning may still be sending in its reports over the radio every morning).

Quick NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic, processed to accentuate path, leveled, cropped
looking SW (216°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 15:03:30

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01162/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1162_0770105883_191ECM_N0524312NCAM02162_04_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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An assortment of rocks with some very interesting colors at the new location of (the "hill" at present, but we need an official name for this mound).

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking NE (45°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 15:16:36

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01162/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1162_0770106666_409EBY_N0524312ZCAM09200_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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This Memorial Day added an interesting twist to the daily grind of 🙂 Not only did it clear the rest of the rego-ripples it had to the north, but took advantage of the holiday to go on a picnic at a nice hill to the northeast 😀 🙃. Apparently the hill has a geological story to tell and the team's geologists are eager to hear it.

The path is a wild guess.

The maps were drawn with using data from 's and imagery by and

65dBnoise,
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That "hill" is actually only a ~3m mound at its western side, where is presently located. Its eastern side drops considerably though.

Processed, undistorted NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking ENE (72°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 14:51:22

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01162/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1162_0770105134_737ECM_N0524312NCAM03162_12_095J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Wild guess (double stitched white) vs. official path (double solid white).

It appears did that 200m drive in one go without intermediate stops (whereas I had one on Sol 1160), and that driving through the ripples wasn't a problem at all, apparently 😯

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Amidst the sand waves.

's MastcamZ is ~1.9m above ground level. The tilt of the image may be indicative of (but is not equal to) the inclination of the ground where the rover was located when it captured the image.

Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking W (273°) from RMC 52.3018
Sol 1159, LMST: 09:13:53

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01159/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1159_0769817994_473EBY_N0523018ZCAM09196_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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Another ~25m and will be out of t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̵o̵o̵d̵s̵ the regolith ripple field and in the mostly flat part of the Neretva Vallis riverbed.

Tosol's ~17m drive brought the rover right where those ripples start. The dark area is where will be hidden from our remote prying eyes.

65dBnoise,
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And this is my prediction for the path ahead from tosol's location at RMC 52.3158.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT quick mosaic
looking NW (315°) from RMC 52.3158
Sol 1159, LMST: 13:41:12

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01159/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1159_0769834485_425ECM_N0523158NCAM03159_01_090J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity is seen here sticking its solar panel above the sandy waves of #ValinorHills in this image from Sol 1152 received today. While the solar panel of the #MarsHelicopter may still be visible from the rover at its present location on Sol 1159, it will soon disappear when #Perseverance clears the ripples it's facing on its way northwest to Bright Angel.

Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01152/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1152_0769214813_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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The dark area is where will no longer be visible by

The green line ends at the location where the rover was when the image above was captured.

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After driving 33m on Sol 1158, some ~7m lower from its previous location, has now reached the riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

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A rock's attempt to smile for the camera 🙃

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.2750
Sol 1157, LMST: 11:49:37

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01157/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1157_0769650033_598EBY_N0522750ZCAM03906_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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Another ~13m drive, -2m in elevation change for , along the easternmost path I mentioned yesterday. Maybe those ripples aren't that difficult to cross after all.

New location RMC 52.2824, Sol 1157

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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New location for on Sol 1156, after a rather short ~16m drive downhill, which brought the rover 2m lower, to RMC 52.2750. There is now a ~10m remaining vertical distance to be covered to the bottom of the riverbank and onto the ancient riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

The maps were made with using 's data, imagery and DTMs.

65dBnoise,
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This quick NAVCAM mosaic shows a possible new path, the rightmost and shortest of the three paths shown on the map above.

Quickly processed, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking NW (315°) from RMC 52.2750
Sol 1156, LMST: 12:26:57

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01156/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1156_0769563584_441ECM_N0522750NCAM03156_08_090J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Sandblasted edges

Variations on a theme

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 48mm
looking NNE (24°) from RMC 52.2644
Sol 1155, LMST: 10:57:30

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01155/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1155_0769469280_818EBY_N0522644ZCAM09193_0480LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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A beautiful interlacing of dunes and rocks for the new Mars Perseverance Raw Image of the Week

This image was acquired on May 17, 2024 (Sol 1152).

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZR0_1152_0769215060_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ

#Mars #Perseverance #Sol1152 #dunes #Martian #rock #rover #PerseveranceRover #NeretvaVallis #image #Astrodon #Space #science #STEM

65dBnoise, to space
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moved just 6 clicks on Sol 1154, apparently repositioning itself at the same location, so, no new map, just a newsbite from Mars
(courtesy of Little Assistant™)

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