Assorted gif March '25

Assorted gif March '25

Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: SHERLOC ACI Camera gif

Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: SHERLOC ACI Camera gif

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC Autofocus and Context Imager (ACI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

Images acquired on March 30, 2025 (Sol 1460) at the local mean solar time of 20:03:55 to 20:24:15.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1459: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

 corrupted data

Mars Perseverance Sol 1459: 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 March 28, 2025 (Sol 1459)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

dust devils

enlarged

Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: 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 March 29, 2025 (Sol 1460) at the local mean solar time of 11:30:22 to 11:31:44.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: WATSON Camera gif

 looks like desert varnish

Mars Perseverance Sol 1460: 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 March 30, 2025 (Sol 1460) at the local mean solar time of 20:32:29 to 20:33:13.

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

Sol 4494: Right Navigation Camera gif

data corruption, solar flare?

this one is fun 

Sol 4494: Right Navigation Camera gif

Images taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4494 (2025-03-28T16:26:01.000Z) to (2025-03-28T16:54:46.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1458: WATSON Camera gif

Watson autofocus gif 

Mars Perseverance Sol 1458: 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 March 27, 2025 (Sol 1458) at the local mean solar time of 15:35:48 to 15:36:10.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Mars Perseverance Sol 1458: 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 March 27, 2025 (Sol 1458) at the local mean solar time of 15:38:31 to 15:38:53.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP