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65dBnoise, 10 days ago to space

I beg to differ

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ENE (57°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 12:39:42

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1164_0770274561_848EBY_N0524312ZCAM03910_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 22 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

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65dBnoise, 19 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

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65dBnoise, 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to space

Amidst the sand waves.

#Perseverance's MastcamZ is ~1.9m above ground level. The tilt of the image may be indicative of (but is not equal to) the inclination of the ground where the rover was located when it captured the image.

Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking W (273°) from RMC 52.3018
Sol 1159, LMST: 09:13:53

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01159/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1159_0769817994_473EBY_N0523018ZCAM09196_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 6 days ago to space

It looks like #Perseverance went for the bacon¹ 🙂

On Sol 1168 the rover moved to RMC 52.5032 across the ancient riverbed and stopped a few meters away from a light colored layer of rock at the foot of the northern bank, which appears to be the same layer with that of Bright Angel.

¹"the bacon strip": unofficial name for a light colored layer of rock back at the Three Forks area.

This map was made with #QGIS and data from #MMGIS, #HiRISE and #USGS

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, 4 days ago to space

More white rock fragments seen NNE of #Perseverance.

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (28°) from RMC 52.4450
Sol 1168, LMST: 12:43:22

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01168/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1168_0770629879_659EBY_N0524450ZCAM09205_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to space

That white-ish rock (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/112527256691375965) has quite an interesting texture. Seen here with #Perseverance's telescope.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ENE (57°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 12:00:08

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1164_0770272141_159EBY_N0524312SCAM01164_0010I6J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 10 days ago to space

#Perseverance's location in the middle of the Neretva Vallis riverbed offers a unique perspective of the ancient river and its riverbanks. A 360° panorama captured from this location would be epic.

This view also offers a nice background for drawing possible future drive paths; here is one going west to Bright Angel, the rover's next target.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking WNW (288°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 14:39:15

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to space

An assortment of rocks with some very interesting colors at the new location of #Perseverance (the "hill" at present, but we need an official name for this mound).

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking NE (45°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 15:16:36

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01162/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1162_0770106666_409EBY_N0524312ZCAM09200_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 8 days ago to space

Nuts, bolts, rivets, springs, metal sheets, brackets, cables, connectors, wave-guides, antennas, all designed by naturally intelligent (NI™) beings and assembled by their dexterous hands to form a multi-functional creature that was sent to operate on an inhospitable planet 15 light-minutes away, and which is presently capturing images of what appears to be an epic "selfie" at a hill in the middle of a long since dry ancient riverbed.

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65dBnoise, 6 days ago to space

Hard rock.

Variations on a theme:
Mars: Rocks & earthly colors

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ENE (74°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1167, LMST: 13:27:41
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01167/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1167_0770543862_223EBY_N0524312SCAM02167_0100I6J01.png

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01167/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1167_0770544394_159EBY_N0524312ZCAM03916_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 26 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

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65dBnoise, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to space

#Ingenuity is seen here sticking its solar panel above the sandy waves of #ValinorHills in this image from Sol 1152 received today. While the solar panel of the #MarsHelicopter may still be visible from the rover at its present location on Sol 1159, it will soon disappear when #Perseverance clears the ripples it's facing on its way northwest to Bright Angel.

Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01152/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1152_0769214813_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, 15 days ago to space

Another ~25m and #Perseverance will be out of t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̵o̵o̵d̵s̵ the regolith ripple field and in the mostly flat part of the Neretva Vallis riverbed.

Tosol's ~17m drive brought the rover right where those ripples start. The dark area is where #Ingenuity will be hidden from our remote prying eyes.

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #QGIS #MMGIS #HiRISE

65dBnoise, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to space

This Memorial Day added an interesting twist to the daily grind of #Perseverance 🙂 Not only did it clear the rest of the rego-ripples it had to the north, but took advantage of the holiday to go on a picnic at a nice hill to the northeast 😀 🙃. Apparently the hill has a geological story to tell and the team's geologists are eager to hear it.

The path is a wild guess.

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

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #space

65dBnoise, 19 days ago (edited 19 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, 21 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

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65dBnoise, 18 days ago (edited 18 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, 23 days ago (edited 22 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

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65dBnoise, 17 days 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

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65dBnoise, 24 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

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65dBnoise, 16 days ago to space

After driving 33m on Sol 1158, some ~7m lower from its previous location, #Perseverance has now reached the riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

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65dBnoise, 24 days ago (edited 24 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

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65dBnoise, 26 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, 25 days ago (edited 25 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

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