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  1. Another of those #JezeroBrightRocks. This one looks rather curly 🙃

    3D: left pair for parallel, right pair for crossed-eyed viewing.

    Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT+RIGHT+LEFT stereogram, FL: 110mm
    looking NNE (16°) from RMC 91.0806
    Sol 1972, LMST: 13:24:55
    Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech #ASU/65dBnoise

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  2. Sub-millimeter detail of the edge of #Perseverance's latest abrasion, outside Jezero Crater, Mars.

    Processed, rotated SHERLOC_WATSON
    looking NNW (338°) from RMC 91.0806
    Sol 1970, LMST: 15:34:52
    Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

    #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  3. Observations like this, and probably others we haven't noticed, may be the answer to why #Perseverance has been going in circles up and down, left and right in this wide area called Lac De Charmes.

    Map made with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS and imagery from #HiRISE and #USGS

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  4. New sol, new location, new site number 91. Relative to site coordinates x, y, z are reset to zero, so this is mostly guesswork.

    That interface between smooth and rocky terrain ahead may be it. The destination.

    Map made with #QGIS using #NASA's #MMGIS data and imagery and DTMs from #HiRISE and #USGS.

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  5. #Perseverance moved a little again. These days a simple detour around a regolith bump seems to be a real feat for the rover, and to take ages to plan and complete.

    Oh, then… maybe that Visual Language Model, a.k.a. "AI" is involved again? That could explain the extreme caution of the operators that we are witnessing.

    But that's just speculation. We've been living in the dark since the team's last report in December last year.

    #Mars2020 #MMGIS #USGS #NASA #QGIS #Space

  6. Relocated to examine a nearby rock

    Soft rock, hard rock, slow rock.
    Rocking and rolling on Mars.

    Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
    looking ESE (122°) from RMC 87.4084
    Sol 1819, LMST: 15:47:12
    Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

    #Perseverance #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #MMGIS #USGS #QGIS

  7. #Perseverance either drove into a dead end and is now surrounded by heaps of sand, or found something interesting there, which we don't see yet…

    Over-processed to show sand patterns, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
    looking ENE (71°) from RMC 82.2866
    Sol 1704, LMST: 12:36:19

    Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #QGIS #MMGIS #USGS #HiRISE

  8. Ha!
    Just as I thought that was a rare rock, maybe never to be seen again, here's another one, right next to the rover and to the left of the spot it recently abraded and cored.

    Animation and telescopic view.

    Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
    looking SW (229°) from RMC 69.2124
    Sol 1445, LMST: 12:09:38

    Originals:
    mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima
    mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #Spherules

  9. #Perseverance has now arrived at the area called Broom's Point.

    Tosol is Sol 1435 of the #Mars2020 mission, Lₛ is 52.1, and the local time in Jezero Crater is now 18:21.

    The map was made with #QGIS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #HiRISE and #USGS

    Processed, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
    looking NNW (332°) from RMC 69.2124
    Sol 1435, LMST: 13:51:34

    One original:
    mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

    Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

    Solarocks #Space

  10. #Perseverance's 5th campaign, named Northern Rim, on the map (comes out being about 9km from Lookout Hill to Singing Canyon).

    Now, if you call this part of *western* Jezero Crater 'northern', then it follows that there will also be a *southern* rim campaign in the future 😎

    Digitized in #QGIS from a screenshot of the video in the article above.

    #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #MMGIS #HiRISE #USGS

  11. Another sol, another 40m higher and 200m closer to the top, Lookout Hill, for #Perseverance. The new path shown on the map is a guess.

    Map drawn with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS , map imagery from #HiRISE and DTMs from #USGS

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  12. #Ingenuity would be easy to spot in an image if it occupied a few visible pixels, since the line-of-sight to the #MarsHelicopter passes right above the Mount Washburn group of hills, where #Perseverance had been 102 sols ago.

    Maps were made with #QGIS using #NASA's #MMGIS data and #USGS, #HiRISE DTMs and imagery

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. New 30m drive and new location for #Perseverance on Sol 1114, RMC 51.2990, the closest so far to #Ingenuity, just 360m south of it, and very close to the edge of the south Neretva Vallis riverbank.

    Made with #QGIS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS and #USGS, #HiRISE

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  16. Finally on Sol 1063 #Perseverance did the right thing and backed off 23m to an area where it (most probably) has line-of-site to #Ingenuity, so more images of the #MarsHelicopter can be captured, especially images with its SUPERCAM telescope.

    The previous location where Perseverance captured images of the Ingenuity is shown with a green rover.

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

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  17. Another sol, another drive for #Perseverance. The rover is approaching the northern edge of the rocky Margin Unit, getting closer to where #Ingenuity is located after its eventful #Flight72, but it still has no line-of-sight to the #MarsHelicopter. It may be in a better position for a first look in a sol or two, as seen in the visibility plot below.

    The path shown is a guess.

    The maps were made with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #USGS and #HiRISE

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #SPace

  18. Looks as if #Perseverance was hit by a meteorite; or its RAM was hit by a neutron; or (most probably) is looking for the right rock to have a drilling conversation (monologue) with 😬

    New site number and RMC: 49.0000 on Sol 1019.

    #NASA's #MMGIS map: mars.nasa.gov/maps/?mission=M2

    #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #MMGIS #QGIS

  19. This is what #Ingenuity saw from a 24m altitude when it flew its #Flight61 yestersol (if it did; no image confirmation yet)

    Note: While NASA's announcements of #MarsHelicopter flights contain numbers seemingly "precise" to fractions of seconds or meters, they fail to correctly specify date/time (is it EST, PST, UT?) or Sol.

    Visibility map drawn with #QGIS with data from #NASA's #MMGIS and DTM from #USGS, #HiRISE

    #MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

  20. New location for #Perseverance on Sol 908: RMC 44.3978.

    Initial estimate, based solely on metadata, has the rover about 280m to the west, descending to lower ground through a smooth opening on the edge of Mandu Wall, right on the planned route.

    The path shown is just a guess.

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

  21. is about to take to the skies for its 43rd flight: mars.nasa.gov/technology/helic. No indication if it'll be one-way or round-trip. Interestingly, the post gives distance to cover with two decimals precision, i.e. centimeters 🤔

    The map shows two green circles: the inner one is the round-trip range and the outer the one-way range of ~377m, as given by the report, rounded to meters.

    Drawn with with data from 's and

  22. New location and path estimate for on Sol 700. The rover drove a distance of about 10m (white) through a "gate" clearing the ridge leading to the "bacon strip" plateau. It had used the same "gate" on its way down from that plateau, around Sol 538, last August. It's a ~30% slope that justifies the caution. My prediction for the next drive(s) is shown in green.

    Map drawn using and data from 's and

  23. It looks like flew its 42nd flight last Saturday, i.e. Sol 697; now shows flight path and landing on the map.

    Apparently it flew above the same area it had previously scouted in its round-trip 41st flight, and then went NNW and landed very close to the guesstimate location. Dark areas are not visible by the :

    Using with and data

  24. Map showing the direction in which the image of the previous post was captured.

    Drawn with , with data from and

  25. We've seen this place before.

    New location estimate for on Sol 694 and RMC 32.2340. The rover covered about 186m of ground, and seems rather determined to reach its next target ASAP, judging from its (guessed) straight line track 😃
    More in the image descriptions.

    Quick processed, undistorted & cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
    RMC: 32.2340, Sol: 694, LMST: 15:25:13
    Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima
    Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

  26. Still surveying the depot?
    captured a number of images at close range around the Three Forks sample tube depot. The ripple in the previous image is just 7m away:

    Using and for the map, and for the data.