this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
20 points (100.0% liked)

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

1460 readers
19 users here now

On the plains of Jezero, the secrets of Mars' past await us! Follow for the latest news, updates, pretty pics, and community discussion on NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's most ambitious mission to Mars!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

R-MastCam-Z at full zoom (110mm) images a craggy rock face of Pico Turquino

The distance the rock face from the rover is approximately to 130 meters / 427 feet

Pico Turquino is one of the science waypoints on the notional path to the summit of the crater rim.

The rim was of Jezero crater is seen in the background (approximately 1.4 km / 0.87 miles from the rover.

The difference between the current elevation of the rover and the crater rim at that location is approximately 250 meters / 820 feet

The upper part of the Pico Turquino butte stands about 25 meters / 82 feet above the base of its scree slope

Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on October 25, 2024 (Sol 1309) at the local mean solar time of 09:33:48.

Processed using PhotoScape

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

no comments (yet)
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
there doesn't seem to be anything here