#Perseverance seems to be determined to reach Bright Angel as soon as possible, even if it has to do it in short drives every sol, through rocky ground.
If the #MarsHelicopter#Ingenuity does take an RTE picture every Martian morning as stated, then it will most probably capture the rover as it descends slowly the slope of Neretva riverbank. The only question then is when we will see those images.
Ab #QGIS 3.38 wird es möglich sein, den FEATURE_COUNT-Parameter für GetFeatureInfo-Requests für jede WMS-Verbindung zu definieren. Dieser gilt dann auch für vom #QGIS-Browser hinzugefügte WMS-Layer🚀
QGIS calculated a Modèle numérique de surface (MNS - the second image / digital surface model), and an elevation model. 🗺️
But there a problem : we don't have (yet), RGB colors in our lidar datas ! So, we can just color form the elevation. Not create a real image of the terrain, with threes, factories... sad.
New location for #Perseverance on Sol 1136, RMC 52.0606. If all goes smoothly, in two more similar drives the rover will be entering the field-of-view of #Ingenuity's RTE color camera, and Perseverance's team will have their last and only opportunity to have a picture of the rover captured from the ground of Mars, at least for the foreseeable future.
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#Perseverance zoomed in on what appears to be the path forward on its way to Bright Angel. That area at the center where slope increases is approximately where the rover will enter the field-of-view of #Ingenuity's RTE camera, about 150m W from its current location.
Map follows
Processed, leveled MCZ_LEFT, FL: 79mm
looking W (272°) from RMC 52.0400
Sol 1135, LMST: 07:21:50
The field-of-view of the Mastcam-Z camera when it captured the image above (green). The pale red ellipse is the approximate are where Perseverance will come into view of Ingenuity's RTE camera. The red ellipse is approx. the center of the image mentioned above. The dark area is where Ingenuity is hidden from the rover.
#Perseverance is on the move again, and this time it's made its plan unambiguous: onward to Bright Angel!
Here starts a torturous trek down the ancient Neretva riverbank, to be followed by a crossing of the sandy and flat(ter) riverbed, and finally the arrival at Bright Angel, maybe by late summer.
#Ingenuity is visible, and will be so all the way down to the riverbed.
This image shows the actual inclination of the ground at RMC 52.0130, the current location of #Perseverance on Sol 1131, and, maybe, why the trip to Bright Angel down the ancient riverbank and into the sandy Neretva riverbed might be risky.
Map follows
Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT quick mosaic
looking SW (218°) from RMC 52.0120
Sol 1131, LMST: 13:20:47
Which way to go?
White route leads to Bright Angel.
Green route leads inland and eventually upward toward the cater rim. The photo shows the (guessed) start of the green route.
Linux, Windows (with many dependency updates) and Mac packages of new #QGIS release 3.36.2 "Maidenhead" and point release 3.34.6 "Prizren" (LTR) ready on https://qgis.org. Make maps not war!
Don't miss this month's QGIS Open Day Tomorrow the 26th of April 2024. Matt Travis will be showcasing QGIS with geoparquet/Overture data. For all the links and info, visit: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-April-2024"