NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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1284 - Drive: 40 meters, Climb: 7.5 meters, getting a little wheel slip, and the local dust storm is spoiling the view (lemmy.world)

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Post-drive 4-tile NavCam mosaic looking Northeast after the drive.

The rover has returned to its notional path, having driven away from 'Dox Castle'. The terrain on the path is similar to what we see in this image, so we may encounter a degree of wheel slip and deeper tracks. That will usually result in shorter drives.

I'll post the map and drive data in separate posts

Beautifully processed by James Sorenson. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/James Sorenson

edit: fixed typo

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[–] paulhammond5155 3 points 1 month ago

Thats pretty rad.

It is a very special view, but if not for the regional dust storm we are experiencing, we'd have a clear view of the crater floor where we landed and some of the areas we visited since landing. We'd even be able to see the Mars helicopter with the MastCam-Z cameras, granted it would only be a a few pixels across as it's close to 2 kilometers away (1.23 miles) still sat atop a sandy ripple in Neretva Vallis :) I hope the dust storm subsides before we drive over the crater rim, as the views will be memorable.