Inside the abrasion pit

Stereogram for parallel and cross-eyed viewing

Processed, cropped SHERLOC_WATSON pair
looking down (-82°) from RMC 87.4084
Sol 1824, LMST: 17:54:48
Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01824/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1824_0828885180_046EBY_N0874084SRLC00624_0000LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01824/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1824_0828885612_113EBY_N0874084SRLC00624_0000LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Perseverance appears to be having increased image transfer errors (bluish, purplish, gray bands). It may be a temporary issue having to do with link geometry, or a sign of aging of the orbiters providing relay service for the rovers on Mars surface.

A new communications satellite, the Mars Telecommunications Network (#MTN), is supposed to be operational there by the end of 2028.

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A new abrasion by #Perseverance

Parallel and cross-eyed stereograms

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT+RIGHT+LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking SE (146°) from RMC 87.4084
Sol 1822, LMST: 13:28:16
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01822/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1822_0828691201_054EBY_N0874084ZCAM04349_1100LMJ01.png

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The ubiquitous purplish coating again, here laser zapped and closely observed by WATSON.

Processed, rotated SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-88°) from RMC 87.3896
Sol 1819, LMST: 14:28:04
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01819/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1819_0828428566_089EBY_N0873896SRLC00366_0000LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Mars2020 - Sol 1818 - SuperCam - Decorrelated Color 🪐

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⏩ 6 new pictures from @kevinmgill https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260403110300

Relocated to examine a nearby rock

Soft rock, hard rock, slow rock.
Rocking and rolling on Mars.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking ESE (122°) from RMC 87.4084
Sol 1819, LMST: 15:47:12
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01819/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1819_0828433449_035ECM_N0874084NCAM03819_04_195J01.png

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You can train you eyes and increase your 3D viewing skills with this MastcamZ target onboard #Perseverance.

Those ring-like pads are actually Martian dust attracted there by magnets underneath the surface, so that the colored disks at their center remain dust-free.

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT+LEFT+RIGHT, FL: 100mm
looking SW (225°) from RMC 87.3896
Sol 1819, LMST: 11:18:31
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01819/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1819_0828416874_318ECM_N0873896ZCAM03021_100085J01.png

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Martian Dasein· remote existence there and here· a blurred reality

Processed 3D MCZ_RIGHT+LEFT, FL: 63mm
looking NNW (344°) from RMC 87.3246
Sol 1817, LMST: 12:19:28
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01817/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1817_0828243080_397EBY_N0873246ZCAM09871_0630LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech #ASU/65dBnoise

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While #Artemis2 is minutes from launching to the Moon after 54 years, #Perseverance sends its good luck wishes with the image of a rock.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ESE (102°) from RMC 87.3896
Sol 1818, LMST: 09:07:20
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01818/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1818_0828320036_302EBY_N0873896SCAM01818_0050I6J01.png

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The #Perseverance rover discovered light-toned, cobble-sized, aluminum-rich (30-45 wt% Al2O3) “float” rocks (rock fragments), with some exhibiting spectral signatures of kaolinite, an aluminum-rich clay mineral. These rocks […] likely represent some of the wettest intervals of Mars’ history.

Paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02856-3

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