#Perseverance is spotted in one more of #Ingenuity's RTE images (51-5, also seen in 51-6) from #Flight51, at the corner of the frame, but nonetheless visible:
Processed, undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Sol: 772, RMC: 51.0001, LMST: 15:22:45
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0772_0735485001_575ECM_N0510001HELI00005_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Map showing FOV and approximate location and orientation of the RTE camera when it captured the RTE images received so far. The #MarsHelicopter flew #Flight51 on Sol 772.
Map made using #QGIS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS and HiRISE
4 more RTE images from #Flight51 were received a few hours ago. #Ingenuity flew a complex path designed to help #Perseverance's team get an overview of Mount Julian and its surroundings.
Map follows.
Quickly processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped HELI_RTE
Sol: 772, RMC: 0.None, LMST: 15:22:02
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0772_0735484956_584ECM_N0510001HELI00001_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
And here is #Ingenuity's landing from #Flight51. The #MarsHelicopter stayed at that location for only 4 sols, enough to recharge its batteries and get new instructions for its next flight. It took us 63 days to get the message that it did in fact make that flight (#Flight52) right on schedule 😃 .
Processed, stabilized, animated HELI_NAV @4 fps
Sol: 772, RMC: 51.0001, LMST: 15:23:55
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0772_0735485073_587ECM_N0510001HELI04637_0000A0J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
One more image from #Ingenuity's #Flight51, showing Mount Julian, along with a map showing the location and orientation of the RTE images from that flight. This one was the last RTE image (51-10) before landing.
Processed, undistorted HELI_RTE
Sol: 772, RMC: 51.0001, LMST: 15:23:27
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0772_0735485044_550ECM_N0510001HELI00010_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
This image was captured by #Ingenuity early in #Flight51. The map shows the estimated location where this and the previous image were captured, and the field-of-view of the camera marked in angled cyan lines.
Notice the faint crater in the upper center, which also shows up in the map right on the flight path.
Processed. undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Sol: 776, RMC: 52.0001, LMST: 15:20:47
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00776/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0776_0735839978_181ECM_N0520001HELI00000_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
An instance of robotic life on Mars. #Perseverance (up left corner, animated zoom) and Belva Crater, seen by #Ingenuity during #Flight51. The tracks the rover made a few sols ago can be seen crossing from right to left near 1/3 from the top.
Animated zoom, processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE
Flight: 51
Sol: 772, LMST: 15:23:04
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0772_0735485020_529ECM_N0510001HELI00007_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
#Perseverance (up left corner) and Belva Crater, seen by #Ingenuity during #Flight51.
Quick processed, unistorted, rotated HELI_RTE
Flight: 51
Sol: 772, LMST: 15:23:04
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00772/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0772_0735485020_529ECM_N0510001HELI00007_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Here is #Ingenuity's #Flight51 stabilized with reference the landing spot. This version makes it easier to see how the heli chooses where is less hazardous to land and then diverts to that spot.
65dBnoise
Dr John