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1·3 days agoUpdated map
The new Workspace just in front of the rover.
Assembled in MS-ICE from 15 overlapping deBayered L-MastCam images
Drive info
The panorama was assembled from 29 overlapping images
The “Lunartics” are everywhere ;)
4·12 days agoWhat are the 2 black things in the sky? I also see a faint rainbow? is it just me?
There are a number of dead pixels on some of the rover’s cameras, these are only really noticeable when they capture the sky, these are the reason for the black things in the sky in this image. I’m not seeing the rainbow, but that could be a product of your screen and the processing that was applied to the image before posting.
Lot’s here and more on the Mars 2020 thread https://lemmy.world/c/perseverancerover?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New
Don’t the drill bits wear out after all this time?
The Drill bit are tungsten carbide tipped (industrial quality) It is still using the original bit, but they thought it might get worn, damaged or even stuck in a hole, they took 2 extra drill bit assemblies. They are positioned on the front of the rover. You can see the location in this post: https://www.planetary.org/articles/20120816-limonadi-sampling-mars-1-tools
If only it would be the guiding principle for the rest of the society, what a world it could have been.
The world is a messy state at the moment, but we’ve got through dark times before. There’s always light at the end of the tunnel, even if it’s rather dim.
A little wounded after all that time, but still operational, gathering science data, and still traversing to new science waypoints.
Here’s the post-drive deBayered workspace (assembled from 15 overlapping images) :)
Maps: 20 & 200 meters scales
The path of this drive is highlighted in yellow
Details / Stats of the drive
Partial panorama looking North.
Assembled from overlapping left NavCam images in MS-ICE.
credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Map shows the path of the drive (yellow line)