Mars Helicopter Sol 942: Color Camera gif

Filamentous Cyanobacteria? (likely reflection off of the rover)

Mars Helicopter Sol 942: Color Camera gif

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its high-resolution color camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon.

Images was acquired on Oct. 14, 2023 (Sol 942 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 10:11:03 to 12:50:48.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

above image cropped, original video:

https://www.montclair.edu/water-science/freshwater-cyanobacteria-of-new-jersey/visual-guide-to-cyanobacteria-in-new-jersey/filamentous/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacterial_morphology#Movement