65dBnoise

65dBnoise, 12 hours ago to space

A rock's attempt to smile for the camera 🙃

#FreeAssociation #Anthropomorphizing

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to spain

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 #Spain and #Norway).

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.

#US #Ireland #Palestine

65dBnoise, 1 day ago to space

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to space

New location for #Perseverance 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 #QGIS using #NASA's #MMGIS data, #HiRISE imagery and #USGS DTMs.

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #SPace

65dBnoise, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to Israel

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.

#USpol #Israel #genocide #Gaza

65dBnoise, 3 days ago to space

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 5 days ago to space

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 5 days ago to space

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

65dBnoise, 5 days ago to space

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to space

#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

65dBnoise, 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to space

Rockin'Hood

#FreeeAssociation

MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking NW (316°) from RMC 52.1700
Sol 1144, LMST: 10:15:06

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01144/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1144_0768490150_973EBY_N0521700ZCAM09174_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Persevernce #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 8 days ago to space

#Perseverance drove 10m on Sol 1150, to RMC 52.2638. As mentioned earlier, this appears to be the most difficult part of the descent to the ancient riverbed of Neretva Vallis, on the way to Bright Angel, a rock formation of geological interest.

The maps were drawn with @QGIS, using data from #NASA's #MMGIS, imagery from #HiRISE and DTMs from #USGS

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to space

"This way please"

#FreeAssociation

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 63mm
looking SSW (206°) from RMC 52.0870
Sol 1139, LMST: 12:55:20

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01139/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1139_0768056142_519EBY_N0520870ZCAM09168_0630LMJ02.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to space

Βαυβούς ανάσυρμα.
Baubo, Eleusinian Mysteries, ancient Greece.

Baubo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baubo#Orphic_fragment_52
Anasyrma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anasyrma

#FreeAssociation and the eye of the beholder

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 63mm
looking S (172°) from RMC 52.0870
Sol 1139, LMST: 12:53:15

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01139/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1139_0768056018_519EBY_N0520870ZCAM09168_0630LMJ02.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#feminism #mythology #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to space

Getting a tan at noon, on a solar rock 1.4 AU from the Sun.

#FreeAssociation

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 63mm
looking SW (216°) from RMC 52.0870
Sol 1139, LMST: 12:44:51

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01139/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1139_0768055501_519EBY_N0520870ZCAM09168_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 9 days ago to space

Evening at the south bank
Neretva Vallis, Jezero Crater, Mars

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking E (84°) from RMC 52.2540
Sol 1148, LMST: 16:02:37

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01148/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1148_0768866683_987ECM_N0522540NCAM02148_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to space

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.

#FreeAssociation

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: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 10 days ago to space

New location for #Perseverance on Sol 1148, RMC 52.2540

The rover is now approaching the most difficult part of the descent, but apparently it has no problem negotiating the steep slope at a slower pace.

The maps show the estimated new location along with the guessed drive path and a number of predictions for its coming drives. It seems it will reach Bright Angel sometime between Sol 1156 and 1160, assuming no pauses.

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

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65dBnoise, 11 days ago to space

It may be of no particular importance, but #Perseverance put it right at the crosshair of its telescope.

Animation

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking down (-63°) from RMC 52.2266
Sol 1147, LMST: 13:34:07

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01147/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1147_0768768768_234EBY_N0522266SCAM02147_0090I6J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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65dBnoise, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to climate

Sure, Biden is much better than the worst POTUS ever, Trump, but Big Oil are making "record profits":

Chris Heyes:
"[…] if I'm not mistaken we're pumping more oil and gas than any country in history ever and [Big Oil] are making record profits, right?

Lisa Friedman:
[…] You know, you're absolutely right. The Biden Administration is overseeing record oil and gas production […] and they're not eager to tout that"

More interesting small print:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlLGSAzUUYM&t=634

#USpol #ClimateCrisis

65dBnoise, 12 days ago to space

This is Bright Angel, a light colored rock formation in the ancient Neretva Vallis riverbed; the next scientific target for #Perseverance .

Looking at all those loose rocks on the steep slope above it, it's good that the geologically interesting parts are (I guess) those farthest from them.

Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (297°) from RMC 52.1950
Sol 1145, LMST: 11:22:33

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01145/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1145_0768583075_910EBY_N0521950ZCAM09178_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 13 days ago to random

Yet another rework of my speculative routes for #Perseverance to reach Bright Angel. This one shows two much faster routes (green) to the riverbed, passing through a few regolith ripples, but leading to a mostly flat and rock-free terrain.

The green route seems preferable to me (but IANAG), provided there are no scientifically interesting locations along the the south bank, which the rover has been traversing for a number of sols now (white dashed line).

More in alt text.

#Mars2020 #Solarocks

65dBnoise, 13 days ago to space

New location for #Perseverance on Sol 1145, RMC 52.2266. It's now downhill, all the way.

This map was created using #Mars2020 mission data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #HiRISE imagery and #USGS DTMs.

#SolaRocks $space

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65dBnoise, 13 days ago to space

Grave of the Fallen Meteorite
(rather, a cenotaph)

#FreeAssociation

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WSW (256°) from RMC 52.1700
Sol 1144, LMST: 11:43:51

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01144/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1144_0768495621_473EBY_N0521700ZCAM09175_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to tes

A city on Mars?!
Well, close, but no. It's #ESO's Paranal little town of about 150 people in the Chilean Atacama Desert, next to the Very Large Telescope (#VLT).

Article: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/tiny-town-in-the-desert/
Via @astro_jcm

Earth, the 3rd #Solarock from the Sun

#Space