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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Sol 1704 (December 5, 2025)

Here's a post drive NavCam acquired after the 40 minute drive to the north, we can see some of the tracks behind the rover in this image looking south.

Check the comments for the drive details and the revised map showing the new location

Image credits NASA/JPL-Caltech

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[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Here's the official map, waiting for the next tile to be added to show the detail

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Drive details

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Here's a close up of the rover's location after the 30 meter drive to the north.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise (posted on Mastodon)

The official map is waiting to have this section added in high resolution

The green line is the notional path to the next major science waypoint.

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Here's a copy of the HiRISE image prepared by 'SpecialSetOfSieves' that is planned to show additional details of the drives etc in the near future, but this copy shows the new location (small yellow dot, with a large arrow) You'll need to zoom in full screen to see the annotation)