Posted on 05/01/2021 2:19:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Flying at an altitude of 5 meters (just over 16 feet), on April 25 the Ingenuity helicopter snapped this sharp image. On its second flight above the surface of Mars, its color camera was looking back toward Ingenuity's current base at Wright Brothers Field and Octavia E. Butler Landing marked by the tracks of the Perseverance rover at the top of the frame. Perseverance itself looks on from the upper left corner about 85 meters away. Tips of Ingenuity's landing legs just peek over the left and right edges of the camera's field of view. Its record setting fourth flight completed on April 30, Ingenuity collected images of a potential new landing zone before returning to Wright Brothers Field. Ingenuity's fifth flight would be one-way though as the Mars aircraft moves on to the new airfield, anticipating a new phase of operational demonstration flights.
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Really wild, when you think about this for a while.
As much as that helicopter cost you would think it would have a machinegun.
That bright spot is normally where you see the shadow of what is flying, unless it’s really high. So where is the shadow?
Behind it. Look at the shadows on the rocks.
As with the moon landing, the spotlights on the soundstage cast a shadow on one half only so the video cameras can make the scene appear more realistic. Stagehand’s dirty t-shirt was shown in left corner at first until they waved him out of the way. Then edited and brought frame in tighter so you can’t see the “exit” sign in the distance. A lot of work to make these almost real.
(Kidding).
Martian sign (Martian and English) said
Grzblbleh Boorsyipileq-Gun Free Zone.
You forgot the coke bottle that was crushed by the lunar lander’s landing pad. Neil Armstrong almost tripped on it.
That might be why he forgot his line, “That’s one small step...” Just kidding.
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