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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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Tabula rasa.

needs a chisel 😀

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (301°) from RMC 51.1886
Sol 1105, LMST: 11:49:31

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01105/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1105_0765033722_956EBY_N0511886ZCAM09123_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
The laser would make a great dot-matrix "chisel"! Surely it could be programmed to zap something more memorable than just straight lines or rectangular matrices! 🙃

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@65dBnoise
👍 👍!! :rofl:

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Mini Symplegades

Processed, rotated MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking N (351°) from RMC 51.1886
Sol 1105, LMST: 11:53:54

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01105/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1105_0765034019_894EBY_N0511886ZCAM03884_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
Is that a very much shrunken-down Jason and the Argonauts approaching in a tiny vessel, in front? 🤔

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Inspection time for PIXL, the Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry, located on the turret at the end of Perseverance's robotic arm.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WSW (255°) from RMC 51.1886
Sol 1105, LMST: 14:05:41

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01105/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1105_0765042162_770EBY_N0511886ZCAM05164_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

video/mp4

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@PaulHammond51 @65dBnoise
Ooooh, I wonder if they can sequence the LEDs, like a chaser! 😎

andrealuck, (edited ) to space
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over - Tharsis Region. Click on the image to spot it 🥔

Full size image 23000x8784 on my Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2pG5toU here on Mastodon the resolution is very low..

Easy zoom: https://easyzoom.com/image/526749

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 25000
Time: 2023-10-20T02:19:38.713Z
Product IDs:
HP000_0000_ND3
HP000_0000_GR3
HP000_0000_BL3
For Phobos I only used one filter HP000_0000_GR3

Credit:
ESA/ @DLR /FUBerlin/AndreaLuck

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@andrealuck
As always, your processing is excellent. Always a pleasure to pore over the details in your images!

Phobos is the tiny perfect moon! It boggles my mind that the moon's diameter is smaller than the distance from my house to the nearest city. 🤯

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@andrealuck
Running into limits like that is sooo frustrating! But I remember back when the company I worked for then took delivery of the first PC-AT, and Bill Gates was quoted as declaring that "nobody needed more than 640K of memory"! Ah, how times have changed! 😃

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"[U]sing Ingenuity on Mars to test our macro capabilities: flying higher and faster, landing at various speeds, and generally expanding the flight envelope to retire the associated risk for future Martian rotorcraft. The holy grail, however, is understanding the microscale – […] knowing how it flies faster."

That and more in a new blog post by Martin Cacan, Chief Pilot, and Shannah Withrow-Maser, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics Lead

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/518/unlocking-the-martian-skies-using-ingenuity-as-a-martian-testbed-for-future-rotorcraft/

#Ingenuity #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise
We always assumed that Ingenuity was collecting and sending to Earth more flight data than just the basics and images. I wonder what other data was gathered... 🤔

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Spectators

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ESE (103°) from RMC 51.1348
Sol 1102, LMST: 10:58:16

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01102/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1102_0764764279_973EBY_N0511348ZCAM09090_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
Rock concert? 😎

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@65dBnoise
Oh, cool. Like SXSW but farther away! Which bands will be there? Rolling Stones? Sly Stone? 🎸 🎤

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New sol, new location for #Perseverance, 65m to the west to RMC 51.1886. The green area shows where the rover will have a clear view to #Ingenuity .

Quickly processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 51.1886
Sol 1103, LMST: 13:19:46

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01103/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1103_0764861790_534ECM_N0511886NCAM03103_04_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#QGIS #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise
Slow going, over that rough terrain! The Martian Roads Dept. really ought to clear away some of those rocks... 🙃 🙂

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@65dBnoise
A spare parts store will be in big demand after '29, for sure.

Also a place that rents golf carts; if Optimuses can't walk across a level floor without stumbling, they'll never manage getting around the Neretva Resort and Campgrounds.

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A nice view of Neretva Vallis

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (282°) from RMC 51.0644
Sol 1101, LMST: 11:46:23

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01101/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1101_0764678468_956EBY_N0510644ZCAM09120_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
A lovely view, and the perfect location for the Neretva Fish & Game Club. 🐟 🐟

Those two rocks in the foreground have an unfortunate resemblance to discarded truck tires... 😬

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@65dBnoise
Extra, extra, extra, extra firm, I suppose? Can't quite see the label... 🤣

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On Sol 1100 #Perseverance drove 33m to a new location, 18m WSW, apparently trying to avoid a sandy patch south of the rocky top in front of it. It's now 373m away from #Ingenuity, but the #MarsHelicopter is still not in view.

Map follows.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking from RMC 51.0644
Sol 1100, LMST: 15:52:25

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01100/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1100_0764604876_696ECM_N0510644NCAM02100_04_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise
Very tricky, navigating through these rock fields. AutoNav must be scratching its head, at some points!

I wonder if "no-go" zones can be uploaded to AutoNav, to be very sure that it never ventures into soft regolith or other dangerous terrain. Wouldn't want Perseverance to get into the same situation that immobilized poor Spirit! 😬

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@65dBnoise
I'm sure that Ingenuity's bird's-eye view was a big help in identifying some of those areas that could be problematic.

That and the indents made by the heli's feet when landing, too.

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@65dBnoise
Ah yes, I remember that episode! Here's a Mastcam-ZL photo from Sol 549. Tire tracks tell the story. Or AutoNav accidentally opened an old Arthur Murray file of "How to do the Tango"! 👣 🎵 😃

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@65dBnoise
Somehow I would not have thought humidity readings that high would be possible on Mars! Relative humidity, to be sure, but still... 🤔

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@65dBnoise
Good old RIMFAX. Just quietly doing its job whenever the rover is in motion. We don't give it much thought because: no pretty downloadable images. 🙂

But I bet there are legions of geologists who are thrilled to have access to RIMFAX data!

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Looking at the eastern exit into Jezero Crater of the Neretva Vallis channel, through alluvial deposits.

IANAG. Map follows.

Heavily processed MCZ_RIGHT to bring out faint background details
FL: 110mm
looking ENE (63°) from RMC 51.0410
Sol 1099, LMST: 12:50:37

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01099/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1099_0764504884_113EBY_N0510410ZCAM09117_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise
Whoa. That must have been a spectacular view, several billion years ago, with a river coursing down that valley. And who knows what growing along the shoreline and up those slopes. Martian grapes! 🍇 🍋 🍑

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A family of rocks.

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking from RMC 51.0410
Sol 1099, LMST: 12:48:28

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01099/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1099_0764504745_614EBY_N0510410ZCAM09115_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
All together for a group weathering session, I guess.

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@65dBnoise
Yeah, good to see a family eroding together, on a nice sunny day. 🤣

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Freshly crushed Martian rocks for supper.

Late evening shadows always make for interesting captures.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SSW (194°) from RMC 51.0000
Sol 1091, LMST: 15:24:25

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01091/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1091_0763804166_139EBY_N0510000ZCAM09109_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise @BettinaKoza
I would expect blue cheese on the Moon, since it is said to be a prime ingredient of that orb.

But surprising to see it on Mars! 🙃

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Looking at the operations table, a few sols earlier

Processed NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking NNE (13°) from RMC 51.0000
Sol 1088, LMST: 16:02:22

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01088/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1088_0763540196_597ECM_N0510000NCAM00709_01_095J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise
Ah. That manner of breakdown. Right.

Too bad it was too cold for Ingenuity to fly at night, seeing corona along the rotor blades would have been far too cool! 😎

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@65dBnoise
Think of the cool graphics they could produce, strobing those individual leds as the rotors spin!

With two layers, and a "frame" rate of 40 to 50 spins per second, should be very cool indeed! 😃 🎆 🎇

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@65dBnoise 👍
And, why not extend that scheme to also powering the rotor motors? 🙃 😃 🙃

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