Subj : Daily APOD Report
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Feb 26 2021 16:56:19

Hi Alan, 
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 AI>                         Astronomy Picture of the Day
 AI> 
 AI>     Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
 AI>       fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
 AI>                     written by a professional astronomer.
 AI> 
 AI>                               2021 February 26
 AI> 
 AI>                            Mars Perseverance Sol 3
 AI>                  Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, ASU
 AI> 
 AI>    Explanation: Stitched together on planet Earth, 142 separate images
 AI>    make up this 360 degree panorama from the floor of Jezero Crater on
 AI>    Mars. The high-resolution color images were taken by the Perseverance
 AI>    rover's zoomable Mastcam-Z during mission sol 3, also known as February
 AI>    21, 2021. In the foreground of Mastcam-Z's view is the car-sized
 AI>    rover's deck. Broad light-colored patches in the martian soil just
 AI>    beyond it were scoured by descent stage rocket engines during the
 AI>    rover's dramatic arrival on February 18. The rim of 45 kilometer-wide
 AI>    Jezero Crater rises in the distance. In the coming sols, Perseverance
 AI>    will explore the ancient lake-delta system in the crater, hunting for
 AI>    signs of past microscopic life and collecting samples for potential
 AI>    future return to planet Earth.
 AI> 
 AI>                       Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
 AI>      __________________________________________________________________
 AI> 
 AI>        Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
 AI>             NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.
 AI>                 NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
 AI>                       A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC
 AI>                              & Michigan Tech. U.

At the website, they deliver a large picture that you can zoom in.  But there is quite a but of distortion of the rover elements.  Man.. they went to town on cable ties!

According to this they've already done a tonne of geology tests over the years:

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


CIAO!

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