Posted on 02/25/2022 4:41:34 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: This Navcam mosaic from Perseverance looks out over the car-sized rover's deck, across the floor of Jezero crater on Mars. Frames used to construct the mosaic view were captured on mission sol 354. That corresponds to Earth calendar date February 17, 2022, nearly one Earth year after the rover's landing. With a mass of over 1,000 kilograms, six-wheeled Perseverance is the heaviest rover to touch down on Mars. During its first year of exploration the rover has collected six (so far) rock core samples for later return to planet Earth, served as the base station for Ingenuity, the first helicopter on Mars, and tested MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment), converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen.
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It surprises me that there could be enough sunlight on Mars to cast a shadow like that.
Imagine being one of the people who drive those rovers . They can honestly claim they going to work on Mars.
That's not surprising at all. (Just look at the range of highlights & deep shadows on the lander, itself.)
What I find somewhat unexpected, though, is that the thin atmosphere is capable of scattering enough diffuse light within that large shadow to make it appear transparent, rather than opaque.
I saved a photo from the Mars rover a while back; you’ve probably seen it: A view of Earth, Jupiter, and Venus as seen from Mars! They can all be clearly seen in spite of the dust.
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