#Perseverance either drove into a dead end and is now surrounded by heaps of sand, or found something interesting there, which we don't see yet…

Over-processed to show sand patterns, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking ENE (71°) from RMC 82.2866
Sol 1704, LMST: 12:36:19

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01704/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1704_0818212608_691ECM_N0822866NCAM02704_01_195J01.png

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No sign of mega-sunspots on the other side of the sun, at least as seen by #Perseverance using its MastCamZ from Jezero, Mars.

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking E (99°) from RMC 82.1486
Sol 1703, LMST: 07:04:49

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01703/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL7_1703_0818103375_598EBY_N0821486ZCAM01002_1100LMJ01.png

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

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#Perseverance is getting closer to the lowest point of this part of its route to Lac De Charmes (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/115651892286010751). It looks like one more drive and it will be there, unless it finds something interesting before that 🥴 .

Processed, undistorted, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking S (186°) from RMC 82.2714
Sol 1703, LMST: 13:03:43

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01703/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1703_0818125523_477ECM_N0822714NCAM02703_10_195J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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The Sands Of Mars¹

(Variations on a theme)

Cross-eyed 3D

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT+LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking NNW (327°) from RMC 82.0000
Sol 1701, LMST: 10:18:04

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01701/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1701_0817937749_113EBY_N0820000ZCAM09785_1100LMJ01.png

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

¹ Title of a #SciFi novel by Arthur C. Clarke

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NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms

Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/287403/

NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms - NASA

Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters.

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Two more drives and #Perseverance will reach the lowest point of this area, where satellite imagery shows exposed bedrock thinly covered by regolith ripples (cyan ellipse).

If the geology proves interesting (IANAG), it is possible that the rover will spend the upcoming solar conjunction hiatus there (Jan 9, ± 1 week).

Map drawn in @QGIS using imagery from #HiRISE and #USGS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS

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