Today I learnt that there are two instruments called #HiRISE in operation in #space related domains:

• The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment onboard #NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (#MRO): https://www.uahirise.org/epo/about/, and
• The High-Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanets instrument at #ESO's #VLT facility in #Chile: https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-light-hirise-innovative-instrument-designed-study-exoplanets

Image of the HiRISE fibre injection module, of the latter, which I didn't know existed.

After a very long stay at Pine Pond #Perseverance has now moved further down hill, apparently reaching the bottom of the Witch Hazel Hill area, where it has spent the last 120 sols examining rocks.

The path shown is a guess. Elevations are from the Octavia E. Butler landing location.

The map was made in #QGIS, using #NASA's #MMGIS and #HiRISE and #USGS imagery and DTMs.

Edge Of Mars’ Great Dichotomy Eroded Back By Hundreds Of Kilometres
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/field-of-mounds-on-mars-may-be-sign-of-erosion-at-the-edge-of-an-ocean/ <-- shared technical article
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01634-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #planet #Mars #remotesensing #imagery #landsurface #geology #topography #astrogeology #elevation #morphology #martian #geography #marsdichotomy #plateau #lowlands #model #3dmodel #basin #highlands #shoreline #ocean #crust #structuralgeology #chemostratigraphy #morphostratigraphy #geomorphometry #geomorphology #water #hydrology #CaSSIS #HiRISE #stratigraphy #strata #MOLA #laser #LiDAR #MawrthVallis #crater #mound #profile #crosssection #geochemistry #mineralogy #CRISM #CTX #HRSC #DTM #erosion #weathering #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

#PPOD: Absolutely amazing #HiRISE image of #Mars. Polygons form in nature for many different reasons. In this case, it's due to intersecting dune ridges! If this deposit were to become indurated and eroded, we might not be able, from orbit, to tell that they originated as wind-blown dunes and interpret the polygons as evidence for a dried-up lake, for example. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

HiRISE Mars Foto van de dag: Seasonal Flows in the Central Mountains of Hale Crater. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #mars #hirise #sterrenkunde #astronomie #nasa #ruimtevaart

Starfleet insignias all over the place, on Mars.

#StarTrekDay

HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090420.html

From this NASA article by Eleni Ravanis we learn that the hill obstructing the view to #Ingenuity is called Alsap Butte:

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/perseverance-kicks-off-the-crater-rim-campaign/

Next stop, Dox Castle (bottom of second map). The green line shows the planned route, the white my prediction for the actual route, with the rover continuing on the same side west of the planned, which has proven to be rather uneventful so far.

This Memorial Day added an interesting twist to the daily grind of #Perseverance Not only did it clear the rest of the rego-ripples it had to the north, but took advantage of the holiday to go on a picnic at a nice hill to the northeast . Apparently the hill has a geological story to tell and the team's geologists are eager to hear it.

The path is a wild guess.

The maps were drawn with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS and imagery by #HiRISE and #USGS

#Perseverance drove 10m on Sol 1150, to RMC 52.2638. As mentioned earlier, this appears to be the most difficult part of the descent to the ancient riverbed of Neretva Vallis, on the way to Bright Angel, a rock formation of geological interest.

The maps were drawn with @QGIS, using data from #NASA's #MMGIS, imagery from #HiRISE and DTMs from #USGS

New 30m drive and new location for #Perseverance on Sol 1114, RMC 51.2990, the closest so far to #Ingenuity, just 360m south of it, and very close to the edge of the south Neretva Vallis riverbank.

Made with #QGIS and data from #NASA's #MMGIS and #USGS, #HiRISE

This map shows where along the edge of the ancient riverbank to expect #Ingenuity to be visible again by #Perseverance's masthead cameras, NAVCAM, MCZ and SUPERCAM. Dark areas have no visibility to the #MarsHelicopter.

Drawn with #QGIS using map imagery from #USGS (#HiRISE) and #Mars2020 data from #NASA's #MMGIS

Finally on Sol 1063 #Perseverance did the right thing and backed off 23m to an area where it (most probably) has line-of-site to #Ingenuity, so more images of the #MarsHelicopter can be captured, especially images with its SUPERCAM telescope.

The previous location where Perseverance captured images of the Ingenuity is shown with a green rover.

The maps were drawn with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS with imagery from #USGS and #HiRISE

HiRISE Mars Foto van de dag: Gullies and Bedrock in Nirgal Vallis. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #mars #hirise #sterrenkunde #astronomie #nasa #ruimtevaart

Another sol, another drive for #Perseverance. The rover is approaching the northern edge of the rocky Margin Unit, getting closer to where #Ingenuity is located after its eventful #Flight72, but it still has no line-of-sight to the #MarsHelicopter. It may be in a better position for a first look in a sol or two, as seen in the visibility plot below.

The path shown is a guess.

The maps were made with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS, #USGS and #HiRISE