65dBnoiseJan 2, 2024

Here is something that looks like one of those thermal blanket fragments from the #SkyCrane which brought #Perseverance onto the Martian surface and then rocketed away and crashed about 670m NW of the Octavia E. Butler landing site.

Only... that crash site is now about 6.2km ESE of #Perseverance

Animated zoom. Map follows.

NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking W (270°) from RMC 48.3714
Sol 1018, LMST: 14:54:00

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01018/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1018_0757321766_659ECM_N0483714NCAM03018_07_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Map showing location and distance of #Perseverance from the crash site of the #SkyCrane . Pink and maroon markers are other fragments or marks from the crash.

Drawn in #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS and imagery from #USGS, #HiRISE

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Jan 2, 2024 at 8:04pmWeb
Show threadV MartínJan 2, 2024

@65dBnoise neverending story, it seems 😀

The path they may have taken is still consistent with prevailing winds & orography, but one can't help but wonder if it isn't the rover itself that is shedding them 🙃

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😬 That's less of a problem than if it were Ingenuity shedding them 😳