As noted before (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/111338171308855175), it appeared that #Flight64 put #Ingenuity in an awkward position 🙃 . With images from the takeoff of #Flight65 now in, we can see that that was indeed the case. It had landed with one foot on the crest of a rather unstable regolith ripple:

Image captured from RMC 65.0001/522
Sol 961, LMST: 10:33:12

Undistorted, processed HELI_NAV
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00961/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0961_0752245539_760ECM_N0650001HELI00522_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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More Neretva Vallis regolith megaripples. This image was captured during #Flight64, about 30s before #Ingenuity landed.

Map follows.

Image captured from RMC 64.0001/5
Sol 955, LMST: 10:15:17

Processed, undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00955/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0955_0751711787_483ECM_N0640001HELI00005_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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The Margin Unit northern border, and #Ingenuity's #Flight64 landing location seen from the air.

Image captured from RMC 64.0001/3
Sol 955, LMST: 10:15:01

Processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00955/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0955_0751711771_537ECM_N0640001HELI00003_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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The rover has now reached Jurabi Point, where three rock units appear to intersect: the Upper Fan sedimentary rocks, the Boulder-rich Unit, and the Margin Unit. After possibly collecting one more sample here, #Perseverance will conclude its Upper Fan Campaign.

What lies ahead? the Jezero Crater Margin Campaign, lasting from Fall 2023 to Spring 2024. It's that rocky area, the north part of which #Ingenuity was sent to scout on #Flight64

#MEPAG40 : https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2023/presentations/1400_Stack.pdf

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Here is #Ingenuity's take on the same panoramic view of lower Neretva Vallis riverbed, as that captured by #Perseverance: https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/111320209296964852

Image captured from RMC 64.0001/2
Sol 955, LMST: 10:14:30

Quickly processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00955/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0955_0751711739_484ECM_N0640001HELI00002_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity flew #Flight64 on Sol 955, which appears to be a day later than planned.

Here is one image from its approach to the landing site:

Image captured from RMC 64.0001/4490
Sol 955, LMST: 10:15:35

Processed, undistorted, rotated to approx north up, HELI_NAV
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00955/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0955_0751711806_662ECM_N0640001HELI04490_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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And while this is happening on the ground, #Ingenuity gets ready to take to the skies for its #Flight64, the day after tomorrow 😀
Where to: 408m to the north.

Map follows.

Announcement: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/492/flight-64-preview-by-the-numbers/

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