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#perseverance

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65dBnoise

A new abrasion at RMC 70.0000

Processed SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-71°) from RMC 70.0000
Sol 1447, LMST: 14:00:13

Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking SSW (202°) from RMC 70.0000
Sol 1447, LMST: 13:43:17

Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance#Mars2020#Solarocks
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65dBnoise

There are many different ways to look at things, or look at them with different "eyes" 😎

#pareidolia

Rather heavily processed, rotated, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SSW (196°) from RMC 70.0000
Sol 1446, LMST: 12:01:58

Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance#Mars2020#Solarocks
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65dBnoise

Remember that rock, made up of tiny spherules, which #Perseverance saw the other sol? Here is one somewhat similar, now seen by #Curiosity:

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𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝟰𝟰𝟳𝟵-𝟰𝟰𝟴𝟬: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆, 𝗕𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸?

"The two rocks right in front of us are different from anything that we have looked at before on the mission, so we are eager to know what they are."

science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-447

#Mars2020#MRL#NASA
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Paul Hammond

Another day, another drive for Perseverance rover. This short drive was completed during mission sol 1445 (March 14, 2025). Arriving at site 70.0.

Attached is a roughly processed post-drive 4-tile L-NavCam image, the drive data and screen capture of the mission map. The dogleg traverse distance was just 6.45 meters (~21 ft) west-northwest. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA.

#Mars#Perseverance#MarsRover
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65dBnoise

@PaulHammond51
Ah, yes, one hour later that fragment was gone, which explains the empty look in the face of the bit 🙃 😀.

But the question remains. What's so important with this rock that they decided to core it again?

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
RMC 69.2124
Sol 1444, LMST: 15:24:43 -16:32:28

Originals:
mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima
mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

GIF
#Perseverance#Mars2020#Solarocks
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65dBnoise

Another tube already?

#Perseverance has a look inside its hollow bit, which houses the sample tube which, in turn, receives the core as the bit drills into a rock and finally breaks it off by twisting off-center.

The animation shows the clean interior of the bit + sample tube. The question is, why load another tube when it just had a fresh sample from those same rocks? 🤔

MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
Sol 1444, LMST: 16:11:29

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

GIF
#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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Mikko Tuomi

#Perseverance rover has found possible hints of ancient #life on #Mars― one of the strongest signs yet of Martian life, according to planetary scientists.

Dark-rimmed ‘leopard spots’ in a rock studied by the rover last year could be the remains of Martian microbial activity.

The announcement comes loaded with caveats.

Yes, the spots look a lot like those produced by microbes on Earth. But the spots might have formed without the help of living organisms.

#astrobiology
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

www.nature.comDid Mars harbour life? One of the strongest signs yet is spotted in a peculiar rockThe intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.
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65dBnoise

Now, let's try and make sense out of this image captured by #Perseverance earlier tosol. The distance is about 2.5m away from the camera, just to the right of the right front wheel of the rover. What exactly is that we see here?

Spherules with holes? 😮 🧐 🤔

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking N from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1442, LMST: 11:06:22

Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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65dBnoise

#Perseverance acquired a new core, #Sample28, capped it (just a small thumbnail so far, image 2), and has probably already sealed it, too:

EDIT: Indeed, it has sealed it (new image 2)

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking WSW (239°) from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1441, LMST: 15:56:05

Original: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

Image showing the inside of a sample tube, and the under side of the core, the side that was broken off the rock, not the side which was exposed to the atmosphere.
#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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65dBnoise

This rock down at Broom's Point seems green-sh under both daylight (SUPERCAM, showing laser marks) and night-time artificial light (WATSON), where the yellows also show much amplified. #Perseverance's team were excited to find serpentine minerals in the area outside the crater rim, and this rock may prove to be worth of that same excitement.

RMC: 69.2124

Originals:
mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima
mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-ima

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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