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4396 - Animated clouds in Gale crater Navigation Camera (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by paulhammond5155 to c/curiosityrover

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Animated clouds - Sol 4396 / December 18 2024 Right Navigation Camera Processed by J Roger (Landru79)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger (Landru79) Source

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Neat! I wasn't sure how stable water ice is the Martian atmosphere. I wonder if it would be feasible to collect it for producing rocket propellant or drinking water...

[–] paulhammond5155 2 points 1 day ago

Probably not too difficult to harvest atmospheric water vapor in small quantities, but to do it on an industrial scale may require a lot of energy.

There are some spectacular NavCam raw frames just arrived of more clouds in Gale on sols 4398 and 4399... T'is the season LINK