NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

MastCam-Z full zoom (110 mm) - Roughly processed - Contrast stretched. Normally I'd be sighing about the increased level of atmospheric dust we're seeing recently, but in this case it sort of improves the image.

I reckon Ansel Adams would have been happy with this shot.

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4-tile Left NavCam - For scale the abrasion patch has a diameter of 5 cm (2 inches)

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

This image was acquired on Nov. 20, 2024 (Sol 1334) at the local mean solar time of 16:26:38.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

End of drive NavCam - NASA/JPL-Caltech

I assume we'll see some contact science here :)

Data extracted from JPL's M2020 JSON feeds

View the official on-line version on https://mars.nasa.gov/maps/location/?mission=M20/

Rover data JSON: https://mars.nasa.gov/mmgis-maps/M20/Layers/json/M20_waypoints.json

After the 8.9 meters drive on 1327, there was another drive on 1332 of around 50 meters (point-to-point distances). Neither of these drives have been included on the official map, or included in the latest rover JSON URL. I'm assuming that this is related to the job losses announced at JPL earlier this week (>300 jobs lost)

and the old ones

Impact craters can expose the subsurface in a way that no rover is equipped to do. So the biggest crater accessible to Perseverance in many months looked like a good exploration target, until it disappeared from view.

Screen capture of the online mission map

post drive 4-tile L-NavCam. Now at site 62.0. Details and map for the drive/climb are not yet available, will share ASAP

Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Data taken from JPL's JSON feeds.

The JSON details are updated by JPL shortly after each drive

This is just an annotated screen capture

Visit the on-line map

End-of-drive NavCam from site 61.4240. Map and drive details will follow once JL release the formal data. NASA/JPL-Caltech

EDIT: Corrected an error in the estimated elevation change

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This episode would be a good one for introducing all those non-Martians in your life to Percy's journey, with the combination of sweeping visuals and the callback to Ingenuity's fledgling flights. Especially if you want to spend more time in the tropics.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS