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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1395: Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera (Hazcam)

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[โ€“] SpecialSetOfSieves 2 points 1 day ago

Hahaha I hear you, Paul. In the end, I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and learn how to work with images myself. I didn't mean to put everything off onto you ๐Ÿ˜„

As for people not appreciating the images, or the general stream of information from the rover(s), I'm proceeding on the theory that it's hard to appreciate what these missions do without the context being readily available. Even in sifting through aaaall the images I needed to assemble my overview of the abrasion patches, I could see that I needed to rapidly compare and contrast several different abrasion sites to get a quick visual feel for the differences between them. And if someone like me feels this way, I can only imagine how difficult it might be for the casual social media user to see how exciting "another red rock" might be. Geologists aren't always the best at outreach, but I believe the attempt is worth it in my case.

I can't help with the 3D images just yet, but I'll see what I can do after I post my overview.