#Ingenuity's #Flight47 captured from 120m away by #Perseverance on Sol 729. The camera was fixed and set to a 34mm focal length to capture as much of the action as possible, so resolution is not great, but this version zooms in and follows the #MarsHelicopter while it flies across the field, hopefully adding to the visual result.
MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
Sol: 729, RMC: 36.0000, LMST: 16:07:03
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
Another animation showing the reflection of the sun on the thermal skin of the #MarsHelicopter projected on the ground, seconds before it landed after #Flight47.
The sequence is first stabilized on the shadow, and then it repeats stabilized on the reflection, allowing better observation of the variation of its luminosity and shape.
HELI_NAV
Sol: 729, RMC: 47.0001, LMST: 16:08:40
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00729/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0729_0731670527_045ECM_N0470001HELI04850_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
While waiting for news from #Ingenuity's Silver #Flight50, here is a version of its #Flight47 movie captured by #Perseverance on Sol 729. This version zooms in and follows the #MarsHelicopter while it flies across the fixed field-of-view of the rover's MastcamZ camera.
Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
Sol: 729, RMC: 36.0000, LMST: 16:07:03
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00729/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0729_0731670427_773EBY_N0360000ZCAM01529_0340LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
It may not be obvious at first, but the regolith layer is thin and there is bedrock underneath it.
#Ingenuity captured this image during its #Flight47, 34 seconds before it landed, on Sol 729. The animation shows ground details in full resolution.
Processed, rotated for horizontal horizon (!) HELI_RTE animation
Sol: 729, Flight: 47, LMST: 16:08:07
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00729/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0729_0731670492_927ECM_N0470001HELI00010_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
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As time goes by.
Time is ticking for #Ingenuity's #Flight47, which is expected as soon as tosol, Sol 729: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/448
Processed, cropped, animated MCZ_RIGHT
FL: 110mm
Sol: 728, RMC: 36.0000, LMST: 14:24:57
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00728/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_0728_0731575354_332EBY_N0360000ZCAM05139_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
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