Jackie Branc<p>🔴 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perseverance</span></a> Sol 1573: Left Navigation Camera <br>( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Navcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navcam</span></a> ) / enhanced</p><p>July 23, 2025 (Sol 1573), 11:31:25</p><p>source image: Mars_Perseverance_NLF_1573_0806579143_159ECM_N0771512NCAM00501_01_295J</p><p>Image Credit: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caltech</span></a> / Jackie Branc</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedPlanet</span></a></p>
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#Mars #Perseverance Sol 1549: Left Navigation Camera
( #Navcam ) / enhanced mosaic panorama
June 29, 2025 (Sol 1549), 14:08:50
source images: Mars_Perseverance_NLF_1549_0804458259_176ECM_N0760594NCAM14549_01_195J / _01_195J
Image Credit: #NASA / #JPL - #Caltech / Jackie Branc
See full project -> https://jackiebranc.site/nasas-perseverance-rover-journey/
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#AMOC: disruptions to theAtlantic Ocean’s circulation system 
#ClimateCrisis
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The studies about #AMOC keep being contradictory:
#CalTech: "The researchers found that the AMOC will weaken by around 18 to 43 percent at the end of the 21st century. While this does represent some weakening, it does not represent substantial weakening that the more extreme climate model projections suggest." (05/25)
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California Institute of TechnologyAtlantic Ocean Current Expected to Undergo Limited Weakening with Climate ChangeCaltech researchers, combining observations with an improved understanding of climate model behavior, suggest that a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by some of the more extreme climate model projections.
Cela fait longtemps que je n'ai pas profité des murs carrelés dans les climats chauds...
It's been a while since I enjoyed tiled walls in warm climates....
Ha pasado un tiempo desde que disfruté de las paredes de azulejos en climas cálidos...
"#Airpollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run #datacentres has been linked to treating #cancers, #asthma and other related issues, according to #research from UC Riverside and #Caltech."
https://www.ft.com/content/d595d5f6-79d1-47eb-b690-8597f09b39e7
End of Mission
One year ago on this day, Perseverance lost her little flying companion Ingenuity to the dunes of Valinor Hills.
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/ingenuity-at-valinor-hills/
Mars: red alert
The Mastcam-Z team at Arizona State University has just released a new batch of 52 Martian sols of images, captured by the Perseverance rover, and treated with their beautiful color processing. Check out these wonders!
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@sandofsky The #cancer of treating #universities like a business, and by extension students as widgets, has infected #academia for decades now.
Sanity will be restored eventually, but in the meantime colleges and universities will continue to go bankrupt, and some will lose their once lofty status.
P.S. #CalTech lost much of theirs in 1958 when they effectively ‘fired’ Linus Pauling, the greatest chemist of the 20th century. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling
en.m.wikipedia.orgLinus Pauling - Wikipedia
Breaking, from the Red Planet
The Mastcam-Z team at ASU has just released a new batch of 45 Martian sols of images, captured by Perseverance, and treated with their natural color processing. Check out these otherwordly wonders!
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Perseverance, Opportunity, same vibe!
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Looking back
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@gutenberg_org It should be noted that the mistakes in the structure of #DNA made by #LinusPauling were partially due to him only looking at sketches of the X-ray diffraction data collected by #RosalindFranklin (drawn by his nephew who was working with #JamesWatson and #FrancisCrick ).
#Pauling could not travel from #CalTech to #England because his passport had been revoked by the #US #StateDepartment for his #AntiNuclear (atmospheric testing) protests. CalTech also fired him!