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65dBnoise

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Electrical engineer
Marveling at the world

Lots of Martian rocks and landscapes, looking all too familiar, but don't be fooled by that: Mars is an inhospitable toxic planet. Let's not mistake fiction for reality.

I like dirt and rocks, but I Am Not A Geologist (IANAG).

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Meanwhile, "boring" #NASA keeps on operating a very real rover (actually two , including #Curiosity) on another planet.

Here, the rover appears to have reached a rocky milestone on its way to its next science target, Bright Angel:

Quick NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.7624
Sol 1174, LMST: 14:40:13

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01174/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1174_0771169741_566ECM_N0527624NCAM03174_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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Sandy horror

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking S (183°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:39:19

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1171_0770903350_928EBY_N0526980ZCAM09210_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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LOL! Sorry (not really) to be a party pooper, but are we supposed to cheer for each and every time they test a rocket? Whether it explodes on the launch pad, in mid-air, upon re-entry or upon landing? Have we done so with other tests? Like with NASA's tests, which are paid for directly by the taxpayer?

No, we haven't. So then, wake me up when the tests are done with and a usable rocket can fly and transport cargo and people safely to somewhere.

That's how success will be measured.

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One more sol and #Perseverance will reach E̶l̶ ̶D̶o̶r̶a̶d̶o̶ Bright Angel.

Tosol, Sol 1171, the rover drove about 195m west of its previous location, and is now less than 200m from its destination.

Map contours show elevation from Octavia E. Butler, the mission's landing location.

#QGIS #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #MMGIS #HiRISE #USGS

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New location for on Sol 1170: RMC 52.5844.

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More white rock fragments seen NNE of .

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (28°) from RMC 52.4450
Sol 1168, LMST: 12:43:22

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01168/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1168_0770629879_659EBY_N0524450ZCAM09205_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to uk
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Looter Lord Elgin presented an Italian "translation" of a fictional Ottoman firman, the original of which no one ever saw or had otherwise knowledge of, then ripped off the , sawing some in his haste, and moved them to England, where they were scraped clean of the ancient colors that still remained on the marbles.

Turkiye's statement that they "are not aware of any document that legitimizes that «purchase» done by coloni[al] back at that time"

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIF_Br8ZeT0?&t=16373

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Martian intricacies
by

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking NNE (14°) from RMC 52.5032
Sol 1169, LMST: 09:58:56

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01169/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1169_0770708542_507EBY_N0525032SCAM01169_0050I6J03.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

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Dead reckoning

Processed, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking ESE (106°) from RMC 52.5032
Sol 1168, LMST: 15:03:50

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01168/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1168_0770638550_816ECM_N0525032NCAM02168_04_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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It looks like #Perseverance went for the bacon¹ 🙂

On Sol 1168 the rover moved to RMC 52.5032 across the ancient riverbed and stopped a few meters away from a light colored layer of rock at the foot of the northern bank, which appears to be the same layer with that of Bright Angel.

¹"the bacon strip": unofficial name for a light colored layer of rock back at the Three Forks area.

This map was made with #QGIS and data from #MMGIS, #HiRISE and #USGS

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

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Hard rock.

Variations on a theme:
Mars: Rocks & earthly colors

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ENE (74°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1167, LMST: 13:27:41
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01167/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1167_0770543862_223EBY_N0524312SCAM02167_0100I6J01.png

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01167/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1167_0770544394_159EBY_N0524312ZCAM03916_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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Nuts, bolts, rivets, springs, metal sheets, brackets, cables, connectors, wave-guides, antennas, all designed by naturally intelligent (NI™) beings and assembled by their dexterous hands to form a multi-functional creature that was sent to operate on an inhospitable planet 15 light-minutes away, and which is presently capturing images of what appears to be an epic "selfie" at a hill in the middle of a long since dry ancient riverbed.

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Start spreading the news! 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le1QF3uoQNg

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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A … fig? 🙃

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking E (95°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 13:14:27

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1164_0770276696_193EBY_N0524312ZCAM09201_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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That white-ish rock (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/112527256691375965) has quite an interesting texture. Seen here with 's telescope.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ENE (57°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 12:00:08

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1164_0770272141_159EBY_N0524312SCAM01164_0010I6J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

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I beg to differ

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ENE (57°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 12:39:42

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1164_0770274561_848EBY_N0524312ZCAM03910_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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's location in the middle of the Neretva Vallis riverbed offers a unique perspective of the ancient river and its riverbanks. A 360° panorama captured from this location would be epic.

This view also offers a nice background for drawing possible future drive paths; here is one going west to Bright Angel, the rover's next target.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking WNW (288°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 14:39:15

Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Weird colors at the rock galore in the vicinity of

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking N from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1163, LMST: 10:09:16

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01163/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1163_0770176532_150EBY_N0524312SCAM01163_0010I6J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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An assortment of rocks with some very interesting colors at the new location of (the "hill" at present, but we need an official name for this mound).

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking NE (45°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1162, LMST: 15:16:36

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01162/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1162_0770106666_409EBY_N0524312ZCAM09200_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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This Memorial Day added an interesting twist to the daily grind of #Perseverance 🙂 Not only did it clear the rest of the rego-ripples it had to the north, but took advantage of the holiday to go on a picnic at a nice hill to the northeast 😀 🙃. Apparently the hill has a geological story to tell and the team's geologists are eager to hear it.

The path is a wild guess.

The maps were drawn with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS and imagery by #HiRISE and #USGS

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #space

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Amidst the sand waves.

's MastcamZ is ~1.9m above ground level. The tilt of the image may be indicative of (but is not equal to) the inclination of the ground where the rover was located when it captured the image.

Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking W (273°) from RMC 52.3018
Sol 1159, LMST: 09:13:53

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01159/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1159_0769817994_473EBY_N0523018ZCAM09196_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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Another ~25m and will be out of t̵h̵e̵ ̵w̵o̵o̵d̵s̵ the regolith ripple field and in the mostly flat part of the Neretva Vallis riverbed.

Tosol's ~17m drive brought the rover right where those ripples start. The dark area is where will be hidden from our remote prying eyes.

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is seen here sticking its solar panel above the sandy waves of in this image from Sol 1152 received today. While the solar panel of the may still be visible from the rover at its present location on Sol 1159, it will soon disappear when clears the ripples it's facing on its way northwest to Bright Angel.

Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01152/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1152_0769214813_848EBY_N0522638ZCAM09188_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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After driving 33m on Sol 1158, some ~7m lower from its previous location, has now reached the riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

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A rock's attempt to smile for the camera 🙃

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.2750
Sol 1157, LMST: 11:49:37

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01157/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1157_0769650033_598EBY_N0522750ZCAM03906_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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