New location for #Perseverance on Sol 1148, RMC 52.2540
The rover is now approaching the most difficult part of the descent, but apparently it has no problem negotiating the steep slope at a slower pace.
The maps show the estimated new location along with the guessed drive path and a number of predictions for its coming drives. It seems it will reach Bright Angel sometime between Sol 1156 and 1160, assuming no pauses.
And here is a possible path to the next stop, a point where the two alternatives, one through the nearby ripples and the other along the rocky riverbank, will start to be more visible.
Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking WNW (300°) from RMC 52.2540
Sol 1148, LMST: 13:00:01
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Look past the website to Title II, section 1a, eligibility for government grants for maternal support.
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This is Bright Angel, a light colored rock formation in the ancient Neretva Vallis riverbed; the next scientific target for #Perseverance .
Looking at all those loose rocks on the steep slope above it, it's good that the geologically interesting parts are (I guess) those farthest from them.
Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking WNW (297°) from RMC 52.1950
Sol 1145, LMST: 11:22:33
Bright Angel is the western visible end of that rock layer. #Perseverance also imaged the eastern visible end of (apparently) the same layer yestersol.
Map follows
Processed for contrast, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (16°) from RMC 52.1950
Sol 1145, LMST: 11:28:30
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Yet another rework of my speculative routes for #Perseverance to reach Bright Angel. This one shows two much faster routes (green) to the riverbed, passing through a few regolith ripples, but leading to a mostly flat and rock-free terrain.
The green route seems preferable to me (but IANAG), provided there are no scientifically interesting locations along the the south bank, which the rover has been traversing for a number of sols now (white dashed line).
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Actually it would be one-of-a-kind for a selfie, provided those assembling the mosaic would take the gravity vector (a.k.a. straight horizon) into consideration. 🙄