#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™)
@sharponlooker@tom30519
The image is a crop from this 96° HFOV NAVCAM mosaic, from the same RMC (there is a reason I'm using RMC and NOT Sols; they tell location and attitude unambiguously):
Processed NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking WNW (300°) from RMC 52.2540
Sol 1148, LMST: 13:00:01
#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
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.
And here is a possible path to the next stop, a point where the two alternatives, one through the nearby ripples and the other along the rocky riverbank, will start to be more visible.
Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking WNW (300°) from RMC 52.2540
Sol 1148, LMST: 13:00:01
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
Bright Angel is the western visible end of that rock layer. #Perseverance also imaged the eastern visible end of (apparently) the same layer yestersol.
Map follows
Processed for contrast, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (16°) from RMC 52.1950
Sol 1145, LMST: 11:28:30