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Following MSL & M2020 on Mars.

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65dBnoise, to space
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I think really wants to take a bite out of this grainy rock. So it sent its SHERLOC magnifying eye to investigate, and maybe search for the best spot.

Animated color.

Processed SHERLOC_WATSON
Sol: 799, RMC: 39.1170, LMST: 15:05:45
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00799/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_0799_0737880861_312EBY_N0391170SRLC00701_0000LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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PaulHammond51,
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@65dBnoise Maybe it'll be sample /38 ;)

65dBnoise, to space
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One more abrasion name: Solva, this one made back on Sol 744, at RMC 37.0000.

Source: Christian Tate's models of Jezero Crater landscapes, https://sketchfab.com/Mastcam-Z/models

$Solarocks

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@65dBnoise It would be great if JPL created a page for showing off all the abrasion's. It could feature the names of each patch, the area name, sols and selected images etc. It could be updated with each new abrasion like they do with the samples :)

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@65dBnoise Sounds like a great task for a JPL intern :)

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@65dBnoise I was hoping that M20 would follow in the reporting footsteps of MSL. At least after the M20 hardware checkouts were completed in the months that followed landing. Sadly it's not been the case. The mission will run for many more years, so maybe the outreach situation move towards what we've seen on MSL for reporting. The PDS is a great facility, but reading about activities that took place 6 months earlier is not the same.

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1 of 2 - After a short drive on sol 793 (May 14, 2023) Perseverance rover acquired these 5 images using one of its navigation cameras. Each image is comprised of 4 overlapping tiles. These roughly processed / assembled L-NavCam images provides a 360 degree look around the rovers new location at site 39/1036. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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3 of 2 - Drive data and Map. The drive data is extracted from the mission JSON files. Map credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS

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65dBnoise, to space
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moved to a new location on Sol 793, at RMC 39.1036, about 10m south of its previous location. Looks ready to climb that low hill and then onward to Mount Julian, where it will be able again to receive 's transmissions 🙂

This location estimate is based on metadata received with the few images downlinked so far. The white track shown is a guess based on the attitude of the rover.

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@65dBnoise @stim3on

Thinking ahead: I wonder if the rover's radio base station can talk to one or even both of the SRH's? It would seem logical to keep them as scouting sidekicks, after the samples are on their way back to Earth.

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 I'm officially as old as dirt, so I'll leave the 'young-uns' to see that fleet of MSH's fly and gather data on Mars :)

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@65dBnoise

Have you ever found a JSON file for the M20 Raw images?

I've used this one for MSL, but can't find one for M20

https://msl-raws.s3.amazonaws.com/images/image_manifest.json

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@65dBnoise Thanks, I'll see if I can work out how to import the RSS API.

The MSL link has come in handy a couple of times when the raw server was down for a day or two :)

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A closer look at the tailings (cuttings) around Curiosity Rover's latest sample drill hole 'Ubajara'. This processed image is from one of the rover's science cameras (R-MastCam) and was acquired on mission sol 3823 (May 9, 2023) at site 101/774, that's over 10 years and 9 months after landing on Mars. These sample holes have a diameter of about 1.6 centimeters (5/8th inch)
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

PaulHammond51,
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@tom30519 Not the same.

It uses a standard 'off-the-shelf' tungsten carbide masonry drill bit that was modified slightly to help channel the tailings through the drill sleeve.

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65dBnoise, to space
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The weather in Jezero, Mars, according to the MEDA instrument onboard .

Report Sol: 787

Max temperatures appear to be coming back to around -20°C after more than 3 weeks of staying close to -30°C.

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@65dBnoise Do you think that will help reduce or eliminate the brown out periods for the helicopter?

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Curiosity Mars Rover in Gale crater drilling yet another hole, this target is called 'Ubajara'.

These Front-HazCam images from mission sol 3823 (May 9, 2023).

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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was on to something. Investigation started... 🤓

EDIT: see the result in the thread.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 26mm
Sol: 785, RMC: 39.0926, LMST: 00:25:51
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00785/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0785_0736583638_456ECM_N0390926ZCAM01071_0260LMJ01.png
Image https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00785/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR7_0785_0736583513_456ECM_N0390926ZCAM01071_0260LMJ01.png was used to subtract background noise/stars.

Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise Happy hunting

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Tiled-navigation camera images after Perseverance rover's drive on sol 784 to site 39/926. The mosaics form a 360 degree look around the rover from its new location after the drive of ~25 meters and climb of 2.3 meters.

Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

1 of 2 (see 2 of 2 for the 5th mosaic, the drive data & the location map)

-ICE

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Curiosity rover's workspace, imaged on sol 3810 (April 26, 2023) after a drive towards the Southeast of ~22 meters (73 ft) to site /522. This mosaic of six Bayer reconstructed MastCam frames covers an area about 2 meters (~6 feet) across. It shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's two meter-long robotic arm. The mosaic was assembled using MS-ICE. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

A screen capture of the mission map (North is up) shows the rover climbing out of a canyon in the south of Marker Band Valley It's notional path will take it South-southeast into the Gediz Vallis Channel.
Drive Data extracted from JPL's JSON URL's

Landru79, to space Spanish
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Creo que hay algo interesante en estas imágenes del cielo de

's rover
Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

April 26, 2023 (Sol 775) 16:16:12. >> 16:19:02.

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLG_0775_0735754619_792ECM_N0390690NCAM00518_00_2I3J

NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger

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@65dBnoise @Landru79

MSL: Just about in daylight (Sol 613)

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00613/mcam/0613ML0025880000301758E01_DXXX.jpg

And beautiful processed by Aster:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/132160802@N06/25946493843

@TerraSabaea

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@65dBnoise @Landru79 @TerraSabaea

Sounds about right to me :)

Not such a great memory... It just happened to be one of my favourite MSL images

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@65dBnoise @Landru79 @TerraSabaea

Maybe it's a question we should try on one of the AI bots. See what they come up with? Maybe it will point to your post LOL

65dBnoise, to space
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is presently experiencing some of the coldest sols since last October, with max avg abt -25°C through the week but reaching as low as -28°C max during daylight on some sols.

The animation shows a few of the last flights of the . It's notable that all those flights occurred during max temperatures around -20°C, which might explain why has most probably not taken place yet. 's weather feed updates lag by a few sols

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@65dBnoise

Not good news at all :(

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 It seems like a relatively small change in altitude to have such an impact, but I guess it's still Spring so it could be related to altitude. I've not seen any climate models on the effect of altitude on temperatures on Mars during different seasons.

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 Maybe it's an "atmospheric river' from a cooler region that's passing Jezero?

One would think that if there were such temperature variations with altitude, it would have been recorded by instruments on one (or more) of the orbiters (IR?)

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