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#solarocks

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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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Andrea Luck

9/9 Martian Potato1 🧵

Eighth Frame
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2pHBL86
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Orbit 7982
Instrument: HRSC
Time: 2010-03-26T12:18:52.587Z
Filter: ND
Product IDs:
H7982_0000_ND3.IMG

Notes: all images above are colorised and are a single shot, not a composite. More info on the related links.

An image taken from orbit shows the potato-shaped satellite Phobos orbiting above Mars. The perspective shows Phobos very close to the Martian limb. Phobos appears predominantly grey, while the surface of Mars displays tones ranging from rusty red to the bluish hue of its external atmosphere layer. Craters on Mars are larger than those on Phobos.
#phobos#Mars#Space
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Paul Hammond

Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4480 (March 14, 2025 ) after a drive of 24 meters (~79 ft). This composite image is assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame images. The workspace covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across, and shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's 2 meter-long robotic arm. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

#Mars#Curiosity#MSL
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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

Is it Mars or is it Titan?

Another one of those surreal dark sky images, captured from Broom's Point, about 600m downhill from the western rim outside Jezero Crater.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT
looking E (100°) from RMC 70.0000
Sol 1445, LMST: 14:19:19

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

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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65dBnoise

Ha!
Just as I thought that was a rare rock, maybe never to be seen again, here's another one, right next to the rover and to the left of the spot it recently abraded and cored.

Animation and telescopic view.

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SW (229°) from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1445, LMST: 12:09:38

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

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

GIF
#Mars2020#Solarocks#Space
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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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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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Andrea Luck

Deimos Over Terra Sabaea by ESA Hera Mission taken just 2 days ago!

Full size image: flic.kr/p/2qRV5QD

ESA Hera
Gravity-assist flyby of #Mars
Distance 1000 KM
March 12, 2025

Colourised image processed from: esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera

For the colourisation, I've used a reference image by ESA's Mars Express of this area: HO544_000 in RGB, taken on 2023-06-09 (raw data available at psa.esa.int)

Credit: ESA/AFC/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Deimos over Mars, as seen by ESA's Hera during its gravity assist flyby on March 12, 2025. The original image has been colourised (it was black and white). Deimos is pretty greyish. Colours on the Mars' surface vary between rusty red and darker areas. At the top of the image is the brighter Terra Sabaea region, outlined by darker areas around it, with part of Huygens Crater visible on the right side of the image. Part of Hellas Basin at the bottom right corner, appearing more whitish in this colourisation.
#Space#Astronomy#Astrodon
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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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