The latest abrasion patch on Mars. For scale the diameter of the patch is close to 5cm (2 inches). The image is a single NavCam tile from Perseverance rover and was snapped earlier today, May 23, 2025 or Mars solar day 1513 of its mission on Mars. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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The sun was about 13° below the horizon when the Perseverance rover captured this image of the early morning twilight on Mars back in March.
Mars' smaller moon Deimos is shining through the atmospheric haze above the Nili Planum region.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
Selected tiled-NavCams after Perseverance rover's drive during sol 1512 (May 22, 2025) to site 74.0. Looks like a site that's ripe for contact science.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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#Perseverance appears to be ready for some close examination of the bedrock at its new location at RMC 74.0000.
As with every change of site number, i.e. when drive numbers are reset to 0000 and the x, y, z data zeroed, localizing the rover is more difficult. Here I've done it by manual triangulation, using NAVCAM_RIGHT images whose center lines are seen on the map.
Used #QGIS to draw the map, with data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #HiRISE and #USGS
Perseverance Rover on the move again. A drive on sol 1511 (May 21,2025) took the rover SSW and further down-slope. The drive duration was 143 minutes, but that included a pause to capture some images.
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Moving further to the south, after a quick stop at RMC 73.4346 to capture a couple of SUPERCAM images of a blueish rock.
The new path is a guess.
Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking SE (144°) from RMC 73.4146
LMST: 12:46:57
Quickly processed, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking ENE (72°) from RMC 73.4738
Sol 1511, LMST: 14:37:30
Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01511/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1511_0801079792_265EBY_N0734146SCAM08511_0050I6J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01511/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1511_0801086593_521ECM_N0734738NCAM13511_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
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If that major plateau, Syrtis Major Planitia, or more locally, Nili Fossae, carried water, that would, in general, flow downward towards Isidis Planitia, which is substantially lower in elevation. That in my IANAG / layman understanding could potentially create sediments in the middle-grounds where the Jezero asteroid impacted (image 1).
I think Krokodillen is a lot wider/longer than that, taking into account its stated area of ~30ha (image 2).
I wouldn't give a sh*t about a space agency whose PR dept praises the felon "Dear Leader" like they do in North Korea, but I greatly appreciate the openness of its people and their contributions to science and to #opensource and #publicDomain, and their exemplary modesty, considering their great personal and collective achievements in space exploration.
So, here is what #Perseverance has been up to, lately:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-to-take-bite-out-of-krokodillen/
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A Stereo3D view of the boxwork structure captured today by Curiosity
To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye.
#Mars Sol 4544 - May 19, 2025
📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Cleanly broken by a 900 kg, nuclear-powered Martian robot
#Mars May 15, 2025 - Curiosity Sol 4541
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
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Veni. Vidi. Vici.
#Perseverance is on the move again.
The white stitched path is a guess.
Map made with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #HiRISE and #USGS.
Cludy Ascraeus Mons - ESA Mars Express
Full size video & more info: https://flic.kr/p/2r5pcg2
Full size image: https://flic.kr/p/2r5qrnh
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
ESA Mars Express HRSC 2023-08-22
Raw Data: HO799_0000
Real Time: 4 min
Filters used as frames: RE, ND, IR, S1
Colours: RE, GR, BL
Due to the different spectral responses of these filters, I used a script created by @stim3on to deflicker the frames https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/113618766571849237
A rock garden visited today by Perseverance, by the edge of the rim of Jezero Crater
#Mars May 17, 2025 - Sol 1507
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Against the wind
Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking from RMC 73.1522
Sol 1507, LMST: 11:07:13
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
Against the tide
Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (17°) from RMC 73.1522
Sol 1507, LMST: 11:08:51
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
Saturdays on Mars
Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking NNE (13°) from RMC 73.1522
Sol 1507, LMST: 12:57:55
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise
Closeup detail of the rock next to the abrasion.
Processed, rotated, cropped SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-74°) from RMC 73.1522
Sol 1505, LMST: 14:22:35
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Martian topoi to the north
(pronounced /'topee/)
Processed, cropped, leveled NAVCAM RIGHT+LEFT
looking NNE (27°) from RMC 73.1522
Sol 1503, LMST: 17:35:36
Cross-eyed 3D
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Perseverance Views Deimos Before Sunrise: The rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, (Sol 1433), in the dark before dawn, the rover's left navigation camera used its maximum long-exposure time of 3.28 seconds for each of 16 individual shots. In total, the image represents an exposure time of about 52 seconds. Regulus and Algieba are also seen.
Curiosity Rover's current workspace, imaged on mission sol 4539 (May 14, 2025) after a drive to the west of 22.4 meters (~74 ft). The workspace mosaic was assembled from 15 overlapping Bayer reconstructed Left MastCam sub-frame images. Also attached is the detailed drive data and a screen capture of the post-drive traverse map (with scale). Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk.
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