#Perseverance moved further SW on Sol 1002, to RMC 48.0690. At this new location it is just 28m NW of where #Ingenuity had landed after #Flight60 and #Flight61

The animation shows approx. where the #MarsHelicopter had been from Sol 924 to Sol 940. A map follows.

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking SSE (153°) from RMC 48.0690
Sol 1002, LMST: 13:04:29

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01002/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1002_0755894622_425ECM_N0480690NCAM03002_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Flight61 was a popup one, where #Ingenuity took off, flew vertically to a record 24m, and landed on the same spot.

This image was captured on the ground, 5 sols after that flight and 2 sols before #Flight62. Notice the stony foreground, and the mark one foot left on the sand.

Image captured from RMC 61.0001/0
Sol 938, LMST: 10:11:00

Processed, undistorted HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00938/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0938_0750202356_809ECM_N0610001HELI00000_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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One more color image from #Ingenuity, captured while ascending to the the record altitude reached in #Flight61 (24m). It has been processed to match the colors of the soil in a nearby vineyard (on Terra, of course 😀), while keeping maximum color detail.

Image captured from RMC 61.0001/3
Sol 933, LMST: 12:06:33

Processed, undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00933/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0933_0749765607_356ECM_N0610001HELI00003_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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If there was an 8 storey building on Mars, this is how the view would be toward Jurabi Point (NE).

#Ingenuity flew to a 24m altitude during its "popup" #Flight61.

Image captured from RMC 61.0001/3
Sol 933, LMST: 12:06:33
EDIT: Corrected image number to 3

Quickly processed, undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00933/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0933_0749765607_356ECM_N0610001HELI00003_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity's popup #Flight61 flew to a record 24m of altitude. This is the landing.

Images captured from RMC 61.0001
Sol 933, LMST: 12:07:29

5 processed, stabilized HELI_NAV images animated at 4 fps
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00933/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0933_0749765665_368ECM_N0610001HELI04335_0000A0J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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This is what #Ingenuity saw from a 24m altitude when it flew its #Flight61 yestersol (if it did; no image confirmation yet)

Note: While NASA's announcements of #MarsHelicopter flights contain numbers seemingly "precise" to fractions of seconds or meters, they fail to correctly specify date/time (is it EST, PST, UT?) or Sol.

Visibility map drawn with #QGIS with data from #NASA's #MMGIS and DTM from #USGS, #HiRISE

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While the dust from #Ingenuity's #Flight60 has not yet settled on the ground, #Flight61 comes tosol to break one more record: fly as high as 24m!

Apparently the #MarsHelicopter team's plan is to take advantage of every available opportunity and gather as much new data as possible, before facing again survival conditions, next winter.

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/485/flight-61-preview-by-the-numbers/

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