Part of #Ingenuity's popup #Flight59, as captured by #Perseverance from 380m afar.
White balanced, sharpened MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
Sol: 915, RMC: 45.0000, LMST: 11:06:12
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00915/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_0915_0748163945_414EBY_N0450000ZCAM05159_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise
#Ingenuity captured this sequence while ascending to 20m above the ground in its latest "popup" #Flight59.
5 quickly processed, undistorted HELI_RTE images played at 2 fps
Sol: 915, RMC: 59.0001, LMST: 11:06:39
One of the originals: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00915/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0915_0748163972_664ECM_N0590001HELI00004_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
Born to fly 🚁 !
#Ingenuity can't sit still at a place for too long. And if #Perseverance is tied up with its rocky business, the #MarsHelicopter can try some new tricks without moving too far, or at all 😀
#Flight59 is coming up on Saturday, Sep 16, and it will be a popup flight up to a 20m altitude, another first! The previous record was 18m, #Flight50.
Here is the announcement: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/480/flight-59-preview-by-the-numbers/
65dBnoise