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Electrical engineer
Marveling at the world

Lots of Martian rocks and landscapes, some looking all too familiar, but don't be fooled by that: Mars is an inhospitable toxic planet. Let's not mistake fiction for reality.

I like dirt and rocks, but I Am Not A Geologist (IANAG).

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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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@meercat0
They'll do anything to avoid that dreadful drill 🥶

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Those shortcuts I thought I found through the regolith ripples look pretty impassable from this angle; but maybe they'll look better as the rover comes closer to them.

Quickly processed, leveled, cropped MCZ_RIGHT mosaic, FL: 63mm
looking WNW (284°) from RMC 52.2750
Sol 1156, LMST: 12:44:54

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01156/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1156_0769564660_081EBY_N0522750ZCAM09192_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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Another ~13m drive, -2m in elevation change for #Perseverance, 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

#QGIS #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #MMGIS #HiRISE #USGS

65dBnoise, (edited ) to spain
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Instead of putting up "angry" performances wrt student protests and ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Biden had better listen to what the Irish Prime Minister had to say when Ireland announced the recognition of the State of Palestine (along with and ).

That's how politicians, who actually respect the intelligence of the people whom they serve, deal with political issues, and how they honor their homeland's love for freedom.

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The announcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm81x9kFAKU

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@Lassielmr @jesusmargar
I'm afraid I'm not well versed in inter-government dynamics in the countries involved, but whatever they be, the end result is significant and probably puts things in motion. Undoubtedly politicians would make as best a use of the opportunity as they could.

Listening to the words spoken by the Irish trio, I got the impression that they bore real meaning, especially when contrasted to Biden's "angry" and hypocritical preaching about "the right thing" to do.

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@jesusmargar @Lassielmr
Biden is of partial Irish descent so the contrast between the Taoiseach mentioning his county's past and Biden's theatrics couldn't be starker. I take heed of the words of an Irish who recalls his country's suffering when offering a path to peace (what a contrast to Israel's offering only wars in the name of the Holocaust), but I find Biden's words hypocritical, offering no solution to the problems his government's Middle East policy is creating.

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.

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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

65dBnoise, (edited ) to Israel
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No, ICC's request for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu is not outrageous. What's outrageous is your defending of a corrupt extreme-right politician's genocidal war.

And good luck trying to explain to young voters how your idea about justice and "law and order" differs from that of the clown who's in court these days in NY.

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@jesusmargar
The same theatrical "angry" response, peppered with some old-man's preaching about his idea of morality, when mass graves are discovered and tens of thousands of children have been murdered with weapons he supplied in abundance, while civilians starve and suffer. Some "morality" to preach others about...

Not only not convincing on moral grounds, but very hypocritical and immoral.

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#Perseverance 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™)

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

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's weather JSON feed has not been updated for the last 3 weeks, since Sol 1133, although it still returns a reply. The mission's weather page has disappeared after the last changes and it now redirects to a page describing the rover's instruments, without any link to their details

It looks more and more like have changed their outreach policy, but not much has been reported about it, AFAICT. A victim of the thriving "space economy", I guess?

https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/110572840704908935

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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Maybe life on Mars is disguised in the form of … regolith grains? 😃 🙃

This little fellow decided to take a walk and have some fun exploring its container.

PRocessed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ESE (111°) from RMC 52.2266
Sol 1146, LMST: 11:09:06

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01146/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1146_0768671024_803EBY_N0522266ZCAM07116_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@stim3on
Whatever the method, SHERLOC_ACI appears to be functional again:

SHERLOC_ACI
looking down (-84°) from RMC 52.2638
Sol 1153, LMST: 16:36:25

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01153/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SC2_1153_0769312636_339ECM_N0522638SRLC00244_0000LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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@stim3on
We only need someone to tell it.

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Sharpening rock edges by sandblasting.
It takes (geological) time.

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking W (275°) from RMC 52.1700
Sol 1144, LMST: 11:47:53

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01144/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1144_0768495867_473EBY_N0521700ZCAM09175_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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Tosol, 4 hours earlier:

Working overtime.

Processed, undistorted, cropped FRONT_HAZCAM_LEFT_A
looking WSW (247°) from RMC 52.2638
Sol 1153, LMST: 16:17:55

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01153/ids/edr/browse/fcam/FLF_1153_0769311499_683ECM_N0522638FHAZ00206_01_295J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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Hello #Ingenuity !

(center left in the image)

Processed, leveled, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NE (55°) from RMC 52.2638
Sol 1152, LMST: 14:09:34

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01152/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1152_0769214801_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@tom30519
I may have turned into a pessimist, but judging by telltales and gut feelings, this might be a result of budgetary cuts. If NASA apply the governing US policy for space privatization, a.k.a. $→"space economy", it only follows that science missions will see dramatic changes. We may be seeing that already.

But to balance it, we may see more of:
"Here is superhero Musk crash-landing a Starship on Mars!
What a great success for space economy!
Humanity, rejoice!"
🙄

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Scenic view
Late afternoon, Neretva Vallis, Mars

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_LEFT
looking from RMC 52.2638
Sol 1151, LMST: 15:51:57

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01151/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1151_0769132350_005ECM_N0522638NCAM00501_01_295J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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#Perseverance is taking a break to do some science, or maybe just test its systems. Who would have thought an abrasion was coming?

Processed SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-83°) from RMC 52.2638
Sol 1151, LMST: 14:25:42

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01151/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1151_0769127028_589EBY_N0522638SRLC02504_0000LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

JoseAC, to random Spanish

@65dBnoise Hello, yes, without prior notice. Magnificent your processing 👍

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@JoseAC
Thanks. Other missions do tell what their plans are; here it's come to a point where we can only guess by watching telltales and reading tea leaves. It's been more than a month since the last update.

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