@65dBnoise don't they usually take a navcam context after supercam? I'm guessing it's this one, so it sould be around the center somewhere...
Feels a bit random, I seem to remember similar small details before. I wonder what triggered the observation, can I borrow the tag you use to go back to things when the Notebook gets updated and see what they were looking at?
Picking interesting targets is what the Aegis software does for Perseverance; it's not random but I don't know details on how it works. Maybe @tom30519 could shine a light here.
Here is my rough location estimate for your SUPERCAM image (look for the green dot). The dark(er) zone is SUPERCAM's direction (approx)
@65dBnoise@sharponlooker
I was almost always able to find SuperCam's targets in a MCZ context photo, and the spot chosen was very rarely in the middle of the image! Also, the context photo was sometimes from the sol before.
I have been too busy with Earthly things to look lately, but as thunderstorms are forecast for this afternoon, I might have an opportunity! 🌧️ 🌩️
Ok, so your context photo is from sol 1148. Still nothing out of the Mars ordinary (= extraordinary 😉 ), wonder why that specific rock. That sol had also SuperCam taking a telescopic view towards BrightAngel-like layers, nice!
@sharponlooker@tom30519
The image is a crop from this 96° HFOV NAVCAM mosaic, from the same RMC (there is a reason I'm using RMC and NOT Sols; they tell location and attitude unambiguously):
Processed NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking WNW (300°) from RMC 52.2540
Sol 1148, LMST: 13:00:01
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