BlogBarley: May 2023

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Mars Perseverance Sol 806: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) dust storm gif

dust storm?

Mars Perseverance Sol 806: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

Images acquired on May 27, 2023 (Sol 806) at the local mean solar time of 11:33:49 to 11:36:38.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Created by Barley Culiner with GIMP

cropped and enlarged bottom left corner

Magnetohydrodynamic drive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_1

Yamato 1 on display in Kobe, Japan. The first working full-scale MHD ship.

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Sol 3839: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

This image was taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3839

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

"Castell Henllys" region in Jezero Crater taken by NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

Original Caption Released with Image:

This color-enhanced image of the "Castell Henllys" region in Jezero Crater was taken by NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during the rotorcraft's 48th flight on March 21, 2023, the 741st Martian day, or sol, of the Perseverance rover's mission. At the time the image was taken, the helicopter was at an altitude of about 40 feet (12 meters).

This image and others taken during the flight provided advanced reconnaissance to Perseverance scientists and planners roughly two weeks before the rover reached this area.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which manages the project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA's Science Mission Directorate. NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, provided significant flight performance analysis and technical assistance during Ingenuity's development. AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, and SolAero also provided design assistance and major vehicle components. Lockheed Martin Space designed and manufactured the Mars Helicopter Delivery System.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2023-05-26

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25890

Mars Perseverance Sol 805: Left & Right Mastcam-Z Cameras stitch

Images acquired on May 26, 2023 (Sol 805)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

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Sol 3838: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3838

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

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Mars Perseverance Sol 800: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

Mars Perseverance Sol 800: Right Mastcam-Z Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on May 21, 2023 (Sol 800) at the local mean solar time of 08:11:04 to 08:20:56.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

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Sol 3834: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Imags taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3834 (2023-05-20T11:44:19.000Z) to (2023-05-20T11:51:37.000Z)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

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Sol 3831: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3831 (2023-05-17T11:04:33.000Z) to (2023-05-17T11:26:57.000Z)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

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Sol 3831: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) stitch

This image was taken by CHEMCAM_RMI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3831 (2023-05-17T11:52:07.000Z) to (2023-05-17T12:04:19.000Z)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

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Possible Fossil Evidence

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

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

Kingdom: Animalia

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa

Clade: ParaHoxozoa

Clade: Bilateria

Clade: Nephrozoa

Superphylum: Deuterostomia

Clade: Ambulacraria

Phylum: Echinodermata

Possible Fossil Evidence:

https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/21484/stick-shape-rice-size-features-on-martian-rock-haroldswick/?site=msl

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Stick-like-structures-from-Mars-a-Stick-like-structure-s4-intersecting-the-S-shaped_fig2_338732118

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/mars-perseverance-sol-785-right-mastcam.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2023/05/mars-perseverance-sol-789-watson-camera.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2022/11/mars-perseverance-sol-607-watson-camera.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2021/05/sol-3108-chemistry-camera.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2020/12/sol-2973-chemistry-camera-chemcam.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2020/09/sol-2871-chemistry-camera-chemcam.html

https://blogbarley.blogspot.com/2020/09/sol-2867-mars-hand-lens-imager-mahli.html

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Sol 3821: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) gif

This image was taken by MAHLI onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3821

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with GIMP

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Sol 3824: Mast Camera (Mastcam) panorama

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3824

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Created by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP

https://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/232442

Leduc 0xx Aircraft model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leduc_022

https://planehistoria.com/experimental/leduc-021-and-022/

https://www.aviastar.org/air/france/leduc.php

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/plane

Source: Most of the material from this comic came from this book

Thanks to my good friend Matt Harding (of Where the hell is Matt? fame) for originally telling me this story.

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Mars Perseverance Sol 789: WATSON Camera

possible crinoid-like fossil forms

or crystals

Mars Perseverance Sol 789: WATSON Camera

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

This image was acquired on May 10, 2023 (Sol 789) at the local mean solar time of 15:03:01.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/fossils-and-geological-time/crinoids/

https://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity

I’ve stumbled across another uniquely-shaped pebble. My team thinks it resembles an open book with pages blowing in the wind – but at only an inch across, it would be a teeny tiny book...

I snapped this image with the MAHLI instrument on the end of my robotic arm. Put on a pair of red-blue 3D glasses to see what I see! -NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover

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Mars Perseverance Sol 785: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, mineral formation/crystal

mineral formation/crystal

Mars Perseverance Sol 785: Left Mastcam-Z Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on May 6, 2023 (Sol 785) at the local mean solar time of 13:10:01.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

cropped and enlarged, crystal/mineral deposit

Mars Perseverance Sol 785: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, possible fossil/crystal

possible fossil/crystal

Mars Perseverance Sol 785: Right Mastcam-Z Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on May 6, 2023 (Sol 785) at the local mean solar time of 13:02:46.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

near center, cropped and enlarged

Cyanophyta

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria

Martian blueberries

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Mars Perseverance Sol 781: SHERLOC ACI Camera Cyanobacteria colony gif

Cyanobacteria colony?

Mars Perseverance Sol 781: SHERLOC ACI Camera gif

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

This image was acquired on May 2, 2023 (Sol 781) at the local mean solar time of 20:48:52 to 20:50:20.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Created by Barley Culiner with GIMP

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1289&context=nrei

https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/19099/1/Wierzchos_etal_Astrobiology.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/2/1218

https://bard.google.com/ says it is not conclusive evidence

Mars Perseverance Sol 782: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) wind/dust devil movement? gif

wind/dust devil movement?

Mars Perseverance Sol 782: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) gif

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 May 3, 2023 (Sol 782) at the local mean solar time of 14:03:09 to 14:05:59.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Created by Barley Culiner with GIMP