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Preliminary statigraphy of #WitchHazelHill, now with in-situ #PerseveranceRover observations (compare to orbital ones https://mastodon.social/@sharponlooker/114002684721968753)

Barnes et al: "Pre-impact stratigraphy exposed in the western Jezero crater rim"
https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1618

#JezeroRimScience #JezeroRimSpherules

Captured 4 hours ago by Perseverance after further driving down the lower slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater

#Mars May 19, 2025 - Sol 1509
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1509 #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #geology #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #WitchHazelHill #JezeroCrater

A rock garden visited today by Perseverance, by the edge of the rim of Jezero Crater

▶️ https://zoomhub.net/gqjb6

#Mars May 17, 2025 - Sol 1507
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1507 #WitchHazelHill #JezeroCrater #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #Astrodon #news #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #geology #solarocks #rock #garden #rockgarden #rocks #Mastcam #mosaic #photography #Mars2020 #crater

A Stereo3D view captured today by Perseverance, as the rover gets closer to the edge of the rim of Jezero Crater

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye.

#Mars May 13, 2025 - Sol 1503
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1503 #WitchHazelHill #JezeroCrater #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #Astrodon #news #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #geology #solarocks #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

Looks like Perseverance is on the move toward the edge of the crater rim.

#Mars May 12, 2025 - Sol 1502
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1502 #WitchHazelHill #JezeroCrater #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #Astrodon #news #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #geology #solarocks

Stereo3D view of a peculiar rock captured seven hours ago by Perseverance on the slopes of Jezero Crater

#Mars Apr. 11, 2025 (Sol 1472)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1472 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #geology #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy #solarocks

Wonder if Percy will go down into this dune field and crater. Watch out for sandworms, pal! #Dune

▶️ https://zoomhub.net/NVgrz

#Mars Mar. 31, 2025 - Sol 1462
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Mars #Perseverance #ShaiHulud #scifi #rover #Sol1461 #SallysCove #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #geology #astrodon #Mastcam #mosaic #photography

A recap of the large mosaics captured by Perseverance to and from Sally’s Cove. They're up to 200 megapixels big, so better viewed with a zoom app:

☑️ Sol 1452 https://zoomhub.net/2a9ek
☑️ Sol 1453 https://zoomhub.net/zaEzn
☑️ Sol 1454 https://zoomhub.net/jkz7D
☑️ Sol 1456 https://zoomhub.net/5r71M

📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1452 #Sol1453 #Sol1454 #Sol1456 #SallysCove #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #geology #astrodon #Mastcam #mosaic #photography

A large mosaic captured by Perseverance yesterday, documenting the outcrop on which the rover is perched

▶️ zoom app https://zoomhub.net/jkz7D

#Mars Mar. 23, 2025 (Sol 1454)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltec/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1454 #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #space #science #STEM #geology #astrodon #Mastcam #mosaic #photography

Martian Vertigo

#Mars Mar. 23, 2025 (Sol 1454)
📷 https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1454/

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1454 #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #sapce #science #STEM #geology #astrodon

Perseverance has been climbing on this rocky mound, as shown by these two shots from the front hazard avoidance cameras. That's why we've been getting unusually tilted views from the navigation cameras...

#Mars Mar. 23, 2025 (Sol 1454)
📷 https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1454/

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1454 #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #sapce #science #STEM #geology #astrodon

Perseverance acquired this large mosaic yesterday from the westernmost point ever reached on her journey, capturing in great details new vistas of the upper course of Neretva Vallis and beyond.

▶️ zoom app https://zoomhub.net/zaEzn

#Mars Mar. 22, 2025 (Sol 1453)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #NeretvaVallis #WitchHazelHill #BroomPoint #rover #Sol1453 #PerseveranceRover #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #photography #PlanetaryScience #NorthernRimCampaign

Mosaic captured two days ago by Perseverance at Broom Point after a short drive northward, exploring the geology of the lower slopes of the Witch Hazel Hill area, on the Jezero crater rim.

▶️ interactive zoom app https://zoomhub.net/2a9ek

#Mars Mar. 21, 2025 (Sol 1452)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #BroomPoint #rover #Sol1452 #PerseveranceRover #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #photography #PlanetaryScience #NorthernRimCampaign

Shocking Spherules!

Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres… and the team are now working hard to understand their origin.

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/shocking-spherules/

#Mars #Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #BroomPoint #StPaulsBay #rover #Sol1442 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #photography #PlanetaryScience #NorthernRimCampaign

Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging Green Gardens core, Perseverance roved on to the Broom Point workspace to collect another sample called Main River.

Check out this post by Denise Buckner, Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/navigating-a-slanted-river/

#Mars #Perseverance #rover #WitchHazelHill #MainRiver #BroomPoint #news #PerseveranceRover #space #science #STEM #astrodon

A view of "Broom Point" where Perseverance collected the "Main River" sample two days ago

ℹ️ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/mars-rock-samples/

#Mars Mar. 12, 2025 (Sol 1443)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Mars #Perseverance #BroomPoint #MainRiver #WitchHazelHill #rover #Sol1443 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #Mastcam #photography #PlanetaryScience #NorthernRimCampaign

A rather unusual rock encountered by Perseverance yesterday

#Mars Mar. 11, 2025 (Sol 1442)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Mars #Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #rover #Sol1442 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #panorama #Mastcam #photography #PlanetaryScience #NorthernRimCampaign

Two 360° panoramas captured by the Mars rover Perseverance, and recently released by the Mastcam-Z team at Arizona State University. They come in 2 flavors: "enhanced colors" and "natural colors".

1) Trout River/Shallow Bay, Sol 1399
2) South Arm, Sol 1412

https://mastcamz.asu.edu/mastcam-zs-360-panorama-collection/

#Mars #Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #rover #Sol1399 #Sol1412 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #panorama #Mastcam #photography #PlanetaryScience #360panorama

Check out this post by Melissa Rice on how the Perseverance rover science team was torn with competing priorities: sealing up the "Green Gardens" sample as quickly as possible vs continuing to the next important science stop, "Broom Point".

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sealing-the-deal

#Mars #rover #Perseverance #Sol1433 #GreenGardens #Tablelands #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #science #STEM #geology #space #astrodon

Some beautiful long distance vistas acquired by Perseverance today, from her vantage position on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater

▶️ interactive zoom on the whole mosaic https://zoomhub.net/NVgP2

#Mars Mar. 7, 2025 (Sol 1438)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1438 #dunes #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #geology #WitchHazelHill #news #sand #sands #NorthernRimCampaign #photography

A 53-images mosaic captured 14 hours ago by Perseverance

▶️ interactive zoom app: https://zoomhub.net/oD9yP

#Mars Mar. 6, 2025 (Sol 1437)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1437 #dunes #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #geology #WitchHazelHill #news #sand #sands #NorthernRimCampaign #photography

Perseverance is getting closer to the edge of the rim of the crater, should soon set wheels on the sands of Nili Planum.

Images captured 3 hours ago
#Mars Mar. 04, 2025 (Sol 1435)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1435 #dunes #dune #dunefield #NiliPlanum #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #WitchHazelHill #news #sand #sands #NorthernRimCampaign #photography

Perseverance rover mission update: Smooshing for Science, a Flat-Out Success

☑️ How a bit of out-of-the-box (or out-of-this-world!) thinking helps maximize science on #Mars
☑️ The rover is rolling west toward the heart of “Witch Hazel Hill,” where more ancient rocks - and who knows what surprises - await!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/smooshing-for-science-a-flat-out-success/

#Perseverance #rover #WitchHazelHill #PerseveranceRover #space #science #STEM

Perseverance rover mission update, on the sampling attempts at the "Cat Arm Reservoir" site. Current target is “Serpentine Lake”, with signatures of minerals like serpentine, which form in the presence of water. The plan is to drive downhill to “Broom Point”, where more discoveries await!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/cookies-cream-and-crumbling-cores/

#Mars #rover #Perseverance #SerpentineLake #CatArmReservoir #BroomPoint #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #JezeroCrater #space #science #STEM #geology #planetaryscience #astrodon

Check out this processing, by Estonian photographer Andrew Bodrov, of the latest 360° panorama captured by Perseverance with her Mastcam Zoom camera (Feb. 8, 2025 - Sol 1412)

https://www.360cities.net/image/mars-panorama-perseverance-rover-martian-solar-day-1412/vr

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU/360pano.eu

#Mars #Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #AndrewBodrov #360pano #rover #Sol1412 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #panorama #Mastcam #photography #PlanetaryScience #360panorama

Orbital analysis of #PerseveranceRover current stomping grounds. The proposed layered unit (nr 4) is compared to Bright Angel.

Gwizd et al: "Orbital Perspectives on the Witch Hazel Hill Region: Evidence for Structural Deformation of Possible Noachian Basement Material"
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/1760.pdf

🧵 12/n

#JezeroRimScience #WitchHazelHill

A new 360° panorama captured by Perseverance three days ago. Check out these interactive apps below to explore it. Note the abrasion patch and sample drill hole in the foreground.

▶️ https://www.360cities.net/image/perseverance-sol-1412-360-panorama/vr
▶️ https://zoomhub.net/gqj6g
▶️ https://flic.kr/p/2qL6DLC

#Mars Feb. 8, 2025 (Sol 1412)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #rover #Sol1412 #NiliPlanum #UpperNeretvaVallis #PerseveranceRover #space #astrodon #science #STEM #geology #photography #NorthernRimCampaign

Dusty yet beautiful

The vast expanses of Nili Planum and the upper Neretva Vallis, captured 15 hours ago by Perseverance. This is part of a new 360° Mastcam-Z panorama that the rover is in the process of transmitting.

▶️ zoom https://zoomhub.net/eD4eg

#Mars Feb. 8, 2025 (Sol 1412)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #WitchHazelHill #rover #Sol1412 #NiliPlanum #UpperNeretvaVallis #PerseveranceRover #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #photography #NorthernRimCampaign

Just released by Andrew Bodrov: the 360° panorama captured by Perseverance, from near the Shallow Bay outcrop where the rover acquired a sample a few days later

https://www.360cities.net/image/mars-panorama-perseverance-rover-martian-solar-day-1399/vr

#Mars #Perseverance #ShallowBay #WitchHazelHill #AndrewBodrov #rover #Sol1399 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #panorama #Mastcam #photography #PlanetaryScience #360panorama

Mars samples update: this is the hole drilled by Perseverance to acquire the "Silver Mountain" sample three days ago, at the "Shallow Bay" geological feature, at the Witch Hazel Hill site on the rim of Jezero Crater. Image captured today (Sol 1403).

ℹ️ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/mars-rock-samples/

#Mars #Perseverance #Sol1403 #MarsSample #MarsSamples #SilverMountain #ShallowBay #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #science #STEM #astrodon #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #solarocks #rock #rocks #geology