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tom30519

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Engineer (software & hardware) in a previous life; photographer; Mavic pilot, cyclist, learning Rust just because. Rural Quebec.

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stim3on, to random
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Well what a night it was...
I didn't expect very much since Munich is quite far south, but what unfolded surpassed our wildest expectations!
It took me a while to edit these images, in total I took more than 2000, but that also means there are some timelapses waiting to be processed :)

A nightscape image of a large satellite dish with purple Aurora pillars above it. A bright green auroal glow lights up the horizon and some dim greenish lights are visible up high.

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@stim3on
These are truly beautiful images! Just amazing that you had such a display so far south.

Including the satellite dish is very effective, I find!

We had cloud cover here, alas. But maybe tonight...

tom30519, to random
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Clear sky at lunchtime enabled me to get a photo of the giant, splotchy sunspot on our Sun. That thing is several times the size of Earth, which boggles my tiny mind.

Sony A7R3, 600mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/500

#sunspot

AkaSci, to random
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Incoming! A severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to arrive around 02:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning.

At least 5 Coronal Mass Ejections took place over the past 24 hours, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664).

There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

And bright auroras as far south as Alabama!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
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tom30519,
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@AkaSci
Here's mine!

https://fosstodon.org/@tom30519/112417955682805506

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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The Perseverance (Mars 2020) Analyst's Notebook has been updated with new data up to Sol 1019.

https://an.rsl.wustl.edu/m20/AN/an3.aspx

One of the myriad of reasons to call the shining paradigm of in space agencies.

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
Yay! Should be some interesting stuff to look up in the later entries.

What was the tag you used as a reminder? I've forgotten... 🤔

65dBnoise, to space
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Interesting features inside Neretva Vallis.

Processed to increase contrast, leveled, de-saturated MCZ_LEFT, FL: 79mm
looking W (279°) from RMC 52.0400
Sol 1135, LMST: 07:22:06

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01135/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1135_0767680510_724EBY_N0520400ZCAM09159_0790LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
Are those ripples or dunes in the middle of the photo? There ought to be some trees to give a sense of scale! 🙃 😃

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
The thing that looks like a giant helicopter landing pad? Curious circular shape! And another arc in the white area upper left, too.

65dBnoise, to space
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zoomed in on what appears to be the path forward on its way to Bright Angel. That area at the center where slope increases is approximately where the rover will enter the field-of-view of 's RTE camera, about 150m W from its current location.

Map follows

Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT, FL: 79mm
looking W (272°) from RMC 52.0400
Sol 1135, LMST: 07:21:50

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01135/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1135_0767680496_724EBY_N0520400ZCAM09159_0790LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
The way forward looks a lot trickier in the MCZ photo than it does on the contour map!

Those slopes look kinda steep for an easy traverse, even with 6-wheel-drive.

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
No doubt Perseverance will be very cautious while negotiating any of the planned routes. Definitely don't want to wind up in the situation that poor Spirit did!

The trip up from Three Forks has been generally pretty easy, as far as traction goes. From here on up the rim could be much different! I expect lots of backing and forwarding and stopping and thinking. 🤔

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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What's really exciting about the drive down the slope of the Neretva riverbank is that at some point along the way, maybe within a week or two from now, the rover will be visible by 's RTE camera, at the top right corner of an RTE image, as seen in this graphic by @stim3on where I marked a possible appearance with "future Perseverance".

More about that in this thread: https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/111838897486663166

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise @stim3on
Now that Ingenuity cannot fly, a plan was mentioned whereby non-volatile memory areas used by flying algorithms would be made available for image and data storage. And, presumably, the RTE camera would be set to take photos on a regular basis.

Do we know if any action was taken to implement that plan and upload it to the helicopter?

Seems unlikely that the rover crew would allocate the resources needed to command the heli take a photo of Percy and transfer it.

65dBnoise, to space
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's high pedestal

(seen here with a different eye: MCZ_LEFT )

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (14°) from RMC 52.0000
Sol 1130, LMST: 16:19:12

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01130/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1130_0767269753_818EBY_N0520000ZCAM09152_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
Somehow, Ingenuity's retirement spot looks more bleak and forbidding from this angle. Not a beach resort, by any means!

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@65dBnoise
Knowing that the nighttime temperatures are in the -70ºc range kinda adds to the feeling of desolate isolation in that view. 🥶 🧊

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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This image shows the actual inclination of the ground at RMC 52.0130, the current location of on Sol 1131, and, maybe, why the trip to Bright Angel down the ancient riverbank and into the sandy Neretva riverbed might be risky.

Map follows

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking SW (218°) from RMC 52.0120
Sol 1131, LMST: 13:20:47

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01131/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1131_0767347540_098ECM_N0520120NCAM03131_09_095J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
The Mars Helicopter is probably feeling very frustrated right now, wanting desperately to show how useful she could be, now that Percy really could use a view from 10 meters up!

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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IIRC, they said DSOC wouldn't be involved in 's data comms, but probably no one believed them 😀, I certainly didn't :

"’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft’s communication system for the first time, transmitting engineering data to Earth."

So, it appears we should definitely expect spectacular high resolution images from Psyche, when the spacecraft arrives there, or even long before it does.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
25Mbps over 226 million km is very impressive! Down here on Earth, I only get 5Mbps from a cell tower 2km line-of-sight distant from my house!

sharponlooker, to random
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Spring in the air

tom30519,
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@sharponlooker
There can never be too many birch trees!

tom30519,
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@sharponlooker
Ah, yes. Something to look forward to!

65dBnoise, to space
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Tuesdays on Mars

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking W (280°) from RMC 51.3688
Sol 1118, LMST: 11:02:02

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01118/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1118_0766184905_149EBY_N0513688ZCAM09141_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
I suspect that AEGIS has been browsing around those artsy websites again! 🎨 😃

65dBnoise, to space
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Colors from Jazero Crater, Mars.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WSW (257°) from RMC 51.3688
Sol 1118, LMST: 10:58:34

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01118/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1118_0766184686_144EBY_N0513688ZCAM09141_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

tom30519, (edited )
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@65dBnoise
An artist using oil paints had better bring plenty of ochre shades when travelling to Mars! 🎨 🖌️

There's one that's actually called "Mars Yellow"...

65dBnoise, to space
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ROFL 🤣

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (286°) from RMC 51.3354
Sol 1117, LMST: 11:49:37

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01117/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1117_0766099063_318EBY_N0513354ZCAM09140_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise :rofl:
A very expressive profile! I wonder what was so funny?!

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
👍 !! Won't be long, now... 😆

stim3on, to space
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I reprocessed the Sol 1110 Ingenuity image with AI-upscaling to improve visual fidelity.

As @65dBnoise already noted, there seems to be disturbed sand on the other side of the sand ripple. We are still hoping for SuperCam images of the area to get a better understanding of what happened.
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/112219066878951407

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

tom30519,
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@stim3on
That a panoramic view of Mars, taken by a robotic rover sent from Earth, and including a helicopter also sent from Earth, is made publicly available by NASA and with the generous contribution of @stim3on's time and expertise, is nothing short of amazing and wonderful.

And we have come to take these thing for granted, now. 🤔

What a great image, and, as always, excellent processing by @stim3on

65dBnoise, to space
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Daily Mars rock image.

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ESE (110°) from RMC 51.2990
Sol 1115, LMST: 11:45:36

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01115/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1115_0765921266_910EBY_N0512990ZCAM09137_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
A giant slug, slithering its way through the field of rocks. 🐌

tom30519, to random
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Another eclipse photo, showing the solar prominences around the edge. I am told that these prominences are probably several times the diameter of the earth! Yikes.

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise
Sony A7R3; Sony 200-600 @ 500mm; ND5 solar filter; Optron SkyGuider; interval timer; RRS tripod.

Exposure was ISO 200; f/11; 9-stop bracketing from 1/15 to 1/4000.

5 minute intervals during partial; 8 second intervals during totality.

I moved the setup down to the ground during the event; the deck was full of family causing vibrations! 😃

tom30519,
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@elaterite
Thanks! I was lucky to live in the middle of the eclipse path, and that the sky was clear here, on Monday.

And I followed the excellent advice of eclipse photographer Fred Espenak for exposure, bracketing 9 stops. No do-overs with an eclipse! 😃

65dBnoise, to space
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Why would draw a huge capital letter 'A' at Jurabi Point?

New location and site number change, RMC 48.0000

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise @PaulHammond51
Lessee... who on the rover team has a name that starts with the initial 'A'?

tom30519,
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@65dBnoise @PaulHammond51
Wait... AutoNav starts with 'A'. Hmmm.

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