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.
The HiRISE/USGS imagery has been imported into QGIS and since forgotten. I'm not fiddling with the rest of the imagery any more, though I used to do that earlier in this mission.
"Space economy" seems to have real impact on the way NASA engages with the public. I've spent a lot of time creating workflows with their data, e.g. for the #MarsWeather reports, LA, etc, but they're now discontinuing services while the mission is still active. That's not very encouraging.
@65dBnoise I think we've all seen the decline in the timelines of the release of new data, and in some cases the complete loss of some data with the move to the new style web pages. Not encouraging at all. It's a sad state of affairs. I did use the on-line feedback form to complain, but I feel that was just shouting into a vacuum
Join us tomorrow, Friday May 31 at #QGIS Open Day where we’ll demonstrate the ‘Add to Felt’ plugin & answer all your burning questions about Felt & sharing maps on the web.
We’re delighted to announce continued flagship-level sustaining membership of QGIS from @felt. Felt’s contributions enable us to continuously improve QGIS’ functionality, documentation, and infrastructure.
Felt continues to enhance the 'Add to Felt' plugin, making it seamless to get #QGIS maps on the web. With @northroadgeo's help, their recent release includes raster data support & improved compatibility between QGIS & #Felt styles!
@bananabob@mdione@ehrba Gnome is similar enough while still being a bit different so that it doesn't feel like it's failing to be #OSX but also is laid out in a way that meshes with my habits. That's my comfort zone.
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.
@sharponlooker@65dBnoise
It's in the works, and I definitely agree it's one of the more interesting panoramas captured by the rover thus far.
I'm very glad they decided to capture some additional images of the rover for this one, which usually doesn't happen with Mastcam-Z mosaics.
It will still be a ton of work to process it to the level of quality I strive for, and I'm also pretty busy at the moment but it's slowly coming together :)
Following up on our little poll from earlier this month: looks like people are interested in reviving the monthly #QGIS plugin update blog post. I'm therefore looking for a volunteer to help me make this happen. Drop me a message if you're interested
@sharponlooker
It was about time after all those months in the middle of rocky nowhere 😜 The loose regolith ahead seems rather shallow, with bedrock showing here and there (IANAG™), and the rover drivers did a pretty good job bringing it down here on a steady and safe pace. Two more drives and that's it, I think.
Linux, Windows and Mac packages of new #QGIS release 3.36.3 "Maidenhead" and point release 3.34.7 "Prizren" (LTR) ready on https://qgis.org/. Make maps not war!
Another ~13m drive, -2m in elevation change for #Perseverance, along the easternmost path I mentioned yesterday. Maybe those ripples aren't that difficult to cross after all.