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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Further post-drive info for mission context

Updated maps of Percy’s whereabouts as of this sol below. The outer rim of Jezero Crater is to the right.

The sites of the two most recent rock abrasions, #50 and #51, are labelled (red boxes) above.

In the higher-resolution view above, local features are visible, such as the field of mega-ripples to the rover's northeast, two small craters with dark sandy floors to the east, and the "bench" of lighter-toned, flat, fractured bedrock now below the rover's wheels.

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[–] SpecialSetOfSieves@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Post-drive notes for this sol:

There was a subsequent short drive on sol 1767 (I will update this comment as soon as I've compiled the information), as Percy maneuvers into position for using its contact instruments - the bedrock below Percy's wheels looks mighty interesting, and we've been driving hard for weeks to reach this area. Stay tuned!

EDITED TO ADD: The rover drove a few metres west on 1767, then partly backtracked - I assume this means the science team knows what it wants to access. The image below, from 1767, offers another perspective on the interesting light-tan polygons that will likely be investigated closely in the next few sols: