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Friday, June 27, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1546: Right & Left Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1546: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

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

Images acquired on June 26, 2025 (Sol 1546)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 1546: Left Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

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

Images acquired on June 26, 2025 (Sol 1546)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1545: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1545: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.

Images acquired on June 25, 2025 (Sol 1545) at the local mean solar time of 18:53:44.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1544: Left Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1544: Left Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

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

Images acquired on June 24, 2025 (Sol 1544)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

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Sol 4578: Right Navigation Camera stitch

 

Sol 4578: Right Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4578 (2025-06-23T02:44:47.000Z) to (2025-06-23T02:46:01.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Sol 4577: Mast Camera (Mastcam)

 

Sol 4577: Mast Camera (Mastcam)

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4577 (2025-06-22T00:22:50.000Z) to (2025-06-22T00:23:40.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4577: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4577 (2025-06-22T00:16:31.000Z) to (2025-06-22T00:20:08.000Z)

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE
Additional editing with GIMP


Sol 4577: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4577 (2025-06-22T00:11:05.000Z) to (2025-06-22T00:15:49.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE
Additional editing with GIMP


Sunday, June 22, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1542: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1542: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

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

Images acquired on June 22, 2025 (Sol 1542) at the local mean solar time of 13:54:14 to 13:58:26.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4575 (2025-06-19T20:36:57.000Z) to (2025-06-19T20:39:12.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4575 (2025-06-19T20:25:29.000Z) to (2025-06-19T20:36:08.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4575 (2025-06-20T00:14:01.000Z) to (2025-06-20T00:16:55.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Sol 4575: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4575 (2025-06-20T00:11:41.000Z) to (2025-06-20T00:13:22.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Friday, June 20, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1540: Right Navigation Camera (Navcam)

 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1540: Right Navigation Camera (Navcam)

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.

Images acquired on June 20, 2025 (Sol 1540) at the local mean solar time of 16:03:07.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 1540: Right Navigation Camera (Navcam)

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.

Images acquired on June 20, 2025 (Sol 1540) at the local mean solar time of 16:00:21.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Mars Perseverance Sol 1538: WATSON Camera

 desert varnish on rocks broken up by Perseverance 


Mars Perseverance Sol 1538: 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 June 18, 2025 (Sol 1538) at the local mean solar time of 13:20:39.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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OCCURRENCE OF ROCK VARNISH AT YUNGAY, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2251.pdf

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677

Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria


Sol 4573: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

 

Sol 4573: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4573 (2025-06-17T23:34:38.000Z) to (2025-06-17T23:37:40.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Sol 4573: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4573 (2025-06-17T23:32:24.000Z) to (2025-06-17T23:34:08.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Sol 4573: Left Navigation Camera stitch

 

Sol 4573: Left Navigation Camera stitch

Images taken by NAV_LEFT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4573 (2025-06-17T23:52:31.000Z) to (2025-06-17T23:54:27.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP