How amazing is that? Perseverance, from her vantage viewpoint at Witch Hazel Hill, before sunrise, captures Mars' moon Deimos, in stellar company of Regulus and Algieba in constellation Leo. And we get a nightly view of "Woodstock Crater", at center right.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26556-perseverance-views-deimos-before-sunrise/
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Perseverance Views Deimos Before Sunrise
NASAs Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025.
Check out this post by Melissa Rice on how the Perseverance rover science team was torn with competing priorities: sealing up the "Green Gardens" sample as quickly as possible vs continuing to the next important science stop, "Broom Point".
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sealing-the-deal
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Sealing the Deal
Written by Melissa Rice, Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University
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