Do androids dream of electric sheep?

or, in the era of #technofascism:

Do rovers dream with LLM minds?

There must have been a space-time discontinuity between April 5 and now, and things got really messed up there on Mars. Or here 🙄

Here on Earth, we think they're still on Sol 1858, but according to #NASA, on Mars, April 5 was already Sol 1882. Or the other way around.

Arthur Clarke has a novel about such spacetime mess-ups, Time's Eye.

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-captures-panorama-at-arbot/

#Mars2020 #Solarocks

Map showing my estimate for the new location of #Perseverance

Using #QGIS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS, imagery from #HiRISE and #USGS

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #space

Utopian tranquility

Alt. title:
Easter Island

#FreeAssociation

Processed, leveled, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking ENE (78°) from RMC 88.0206
Sol 1852, LMST: 11:59:16
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01852/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1852_0831348931_818EBY_N0880206ZCAM04370_1100LMJ01.png

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

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Another abrasion, already

Pseudo stereogram for parallel (left pair) and cross-eyed (right pair) viewing.

Processed, cropped SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-86°) from RMC 88.0206
Sol 1851, LMST: 14:42:12
One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01851/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1851_0831270223_066EBY_N0880206SRLC01031_0000LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

#Perseverance is paying close attention to this rock

Second image: Pseudo stereogram for parallel and cross-eyed viewing.

Processed SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-80°) from RMC 88.0000
Sol 1848, LMST: 14:42:55
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01848/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1848_0831003925_371EBY_N0880000SRLC00466_0000LMJ01.png

Processed SHERLOC_WATSON
looking down (-80°) from RMC 88.0000
Sol 1848, LMST: 14:36:29
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01848/ids/edr/browse/shrlc/SIF_1848_0831003550_183EBY_N0880000SRLC00654_0000LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Hello rock

New location for #Perseverance, deeper into the regolith mega-ripples.

Processed, undistorted, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking NW (324°) from RMC 88.0206
Sol 1849, LMST: 14:32:58
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01849/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1849_0831092107_885ECM_N0880206NCAM02849_01_195J01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #MMGIS #USGS

The mark of the beast

Stereogram for cross-eyed (left pair) and parallel (right pair) viewing.

Processed, cropped, flipped horizontally to make the three abrasion pits look like the number 666 🙃

MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking SSW (191°) from RMC 88.0000
Sol 1848, LMST: 12:22:36
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01848/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1848_0830995242_894EBY_N0880000ZCAM09903_1100LMJ01.png

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

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Meanwhile on Mars:
For those that have been following along. After several days of robotic arm gymnastics, the slab of rock that was stuck on Curiosity Rover's drill bit has finally been liberated.

Animated HazCam GIF from Sol 4883 (April 2, 2026) Shows a pair of before and after liberation images. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Curiosity #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #GIF #free #HazCam #Drill