Mission: Mars Express

Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION	INSTRUMENT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars Express	ASPERA-3	R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
	HRSC	G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
	MARSIS	G. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
	MRS	M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
	OMEGA	J.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
	PFS	M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
	SPICAM	F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
	VMC	A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1219: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1219: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Left & Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

Images acquired on July 25, 2024 (Sol 1219) at the local mean solar time of 16:10:27.

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1220: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1220: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Left & Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

Images acquired on July 26, 2024 (Sol 1220) at the local mean solar time of 15:25:56.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

full size: https://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/235484

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on July 27, 2024 (Sol 1221) at the local mean solar time of 13:46:00 to 13:54:07.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Cameras

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Cameras

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Left & Right Mastcam-Z cameras. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on July 27, 2024 (Sol 1221)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: WATSON Camera

 concretions made by microbial colonies?

Mars Perseverance Sol 1221: WATSON Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

This image was acquired on July 27, 2024 (Sol 1221) 

Sol 4249: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam)

 odd form near center

Sol 4249: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam)

This image was taken by CHEMCAM_RMI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4249 (2024-07-19T20:35:28.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL

cropped and enlarged

Sol 4251: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4251: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4251 (2024-07-22T00:09:06.000Z) to (2024-07-22T00:10:46.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Sol 4251: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4251 (2024-07-22T00:11:14.000Z) to (2024-07-22T00:14:15.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Sol 4253: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)

looks similar to desert varnish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_varnish

https://www.nps.gov/articles/desertvarnish.htm

"The varnish is primarily composed of particles of clay along with oxides of iron and manganese. There is also a host of trace elements and almost always some organic matter."

Sol 4253: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)

This image was taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4253 (2024-07-24T03:10:00.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

 Sol 4253: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)

This image was taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4253 (2024-07-24T03:15:31.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Sol 4253: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4253: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4253 (2024-07-24T03:54:27.000Z) to (2024-07-24T03:56:21.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Sol 4253: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4253 (2024-07-24T03:52:22.000Z) to (2024-07-24T03:54:01.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Sol 4255: Right Navigation Camera stitch

 

Sol 4255: Right Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4255 (2024-07-26T05:04:18.000Z) to (2024-07-26T05:07:29.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4246: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4246: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4246 (2024-07-16T23:38:53.000Z) to (2024-07-16T23:40:34.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Mission: Mars Express

 a few of these look damp and muddy with fresh rivulets 

shadow of Phobos or Deimos?

Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION	INSTRUMENT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars Express	ASPERA-3	R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
	HRSC	G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
	MARSIS	G. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
	MRS	M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
	OMEGA	J.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
	PFS	M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
	SPICAM	F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
	VMC	A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Extracted by Barley Culiner with NASAView

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP