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  1. Rim campaign update

    Bye bye Dox Castle, onward to the next site of major scientific interest: Pico Turquino, with ancient fractures that may have been caused by hydrothermal activity in the distant past.

    #Mars Sep. 30, 2024 (Sol 1284)
    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    More insights into the ongoing crater rim science campaign: jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-persev

    #Perseverance #rover #Sol1284 #geology #space #Astrodon #PerseveranceRover #JezeroCrater #DoxCastle #PicoTurquino #TheRim #CraterRim #RimScience

  2. a 52-images mosaic captured three days ago by Perseverance at the "Dox Castle" site, a spot of Jezero Crater whose rocks may have been dumped by the asteroid impact that carved the crater out.

    #Mars Sep. 22, 2024 (Sol 1277)
    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Perseverance #rover #DoxCastle #Sol1277 #Mastcam #geology #space #Astrodon #PerseveranceRover #Martian #landscape #rocks #Solarocks #Jezero #asteroid #impact #crater #JezeroCrater #Rim #TheRim #CraterRim #JezeroCraterRim #RimScience

  3. If I follow correctly what's going on, these must be first Mastcam-Z images of the "Dox Castle" site, captured by Perseverance. Rim science here we go!

    #Mars Sep. 22, 2024 (Sol 1277)
    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Perseverance #rover #DoxCastle #Sol1277 #Mastcam #geology #space #Astrodon #PerseveranceRover #Martian #landscape #rocks #Solarocks #Jezero #crater #JezeroCrater #Rim #TheRim #CraterRim #JezeroCraterRim #RimScience