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2025-04-04

Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: WATSON Camera gif

looks like desert varnish

WATSON autofocus gif

Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: WATSON Camera gif

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

Images acquired on April 4, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 14:23:44 to 14:29:31.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: WATSON Camera gif

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

Images acquired on April 4, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 14:33:58 14:37:02.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

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Biological and organic constituents of desert varnish: Review and new hypotheses https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253348135_Biological_and_organic_constituents_of_desert_varnish_Review_and_new_hypotheses

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

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

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

Martian blueberries

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/cyanophyta.html

Cyanobacterial morphology https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post_13.html

Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

dust devils

Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

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 April 3, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 11:35:17 to 11:35:26.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1465: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

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 April 3, 2025 (Sol 1465) at the local mean solar time of 11:38:07 to 11:38:15.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Sol 4500: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

MAHLI autofocus gif

Sol 4500: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4500 (2025-04-03T21:11:57.000Z) to (2025-04-03T21:14:54.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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Sol 4500: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4500 (2025-04-03T21:18:15.000Z) to (2025-04-03T21:52:01.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

2025-04-03

Sol 4498: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

autofocus gif

Sol 4498: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4498 (2025-04-01T20:39:44.000Z) to (2025-04-01T21:15:48.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Sol 4498: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4498 (2025-04-01T20:36:39.000Z) to (2025-04-01T20:36:48.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Sol 4498: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4498 (2025-04-01T20:32:46.000Z) to (2025-04-01T20:32:56.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Sol 4498: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4498 (2025-04-01T20:26:33.000Z) to (2025-04-01T20:29:27.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

2025-04-02

Mars Perseverance Sol 1463: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

dust devils on right and left center

Mars Perseverance Sol 1463: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

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 April 1, 2025 (Sol 1463) at the local mean solar time of 12:16:42 to 12:16:51.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP