r/PerseveranceRover

An ochre toned Martian landscape with the tracks of the rover Perseverance receding away in the distance

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

This image was acquired on Oct. 5, 2026 (Sol 2000) at the local mean solar time of 10:03:40.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLF_2000_0844480461_597ECM_N0910970NCAM00501_01_295J​

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On 5 October 2026, Perseverance Rover reached 2000 Mars days (sols) on the surface! On that day an unusual sequence of 5 Navcam photos were taken at 30s intervals at local noon. Such sequences are known from the past shortly before sunrise or after sunset to look for the Martian moons or orbiters from Earth. Checking with Stellarium, the reason was revealed: Venus should be visible at -3mag and maybe even Earth at -2mag! I could see a faint white dot at the Venus location which doesn't appear as pixel defect on other frames from the same camera! Images from https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/2000

Q-VIEW - https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55575736274_643cfce5f9_6k.jpg

Gigapan - http://gigapan.com/gigapans/239574

GIGAmacro - https://viewer.gigamacro.com/view/quZMPqP3DSZ3Pcfp?x1=20442.00&y1=-8712.00&res1=21.29&rot1=0.00

Gigapan Website - http://www.nev-t-gigamacros.com/

#Mars #science #NASA

Percy = Nickname for NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.

Job: Searching for signs of ancient life and collecting rock samples in Jezero Crater.

Image text: "За Персе!!" = Russian for "For Percy!!"