65dBnoiseEvery HELI_RTE image captured by #Ingenuity has its own color palette, which makes processing each one a difficult manual task.
For example, here are the 10 RTE images the #MarsHelicopter captured in #Flight45:
Flying into the sun.
10 RTE images from #Ingenuity's #Flight45 have been downlinked. Before you judge the result, have a look at the original 🥴 😬
Context map follows.
Heavily processed, undistorted HELI_RTE
RMC: 0.None, Sol: 714, LMST: 17:08:13
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00714/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0714_0730342579_268ECM_N0450001HELI00012_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Not all images from #Ingenuity's #Flight45 have been received yet.
Here is a map assisted animation of some processed and localized color RTE images, along with one monochrome NAV image from the landing.
Flight 45, Sol: 714, LMST: 17:08:21
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
#Flight45 occurred yestersol.
2 animated HELI_NAV
Flight: 45, Sol: 714, LMST: 17:08:32
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00714/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0714_0730342599_327ECM_N0450001HELI04637_0000A0J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Animation of a hypothetical #Flight45 path, showing LOS + below horizon radio coverage. #Ingenuity flies at an altitude of 12m following the ground. Apparently, as soon as the #MarsHelicopter flies beyond the hill to the NNW and descends following the terrain, its LOS with #Perseverance gets obstructed by that hill, even at a 12m altitude. The obstruction remains all the way to its destination, and on the ground.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in reality 🤓
Two wild guesses about #Ingenuity's #Flight45 landing location, with visibility + below horizon LOS animation. Just because we're in the business of crystal balling #Mars2020 things lately 🙃
h/t @PaulHammond51 for the heads up