Sol 1161 officially in the Neretva Channel!
And some nice rocks to boot!
Would be nice to core on this side of the channel then on the other or northern side

Channel is 400 meters or 1200 feet wide

Grousers are every 3.4 cm for scale.

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Perseverance is officially IN the Neretva Channel!!!

Probably crossing towards those layered rocks on the other side some 1200 feet away

Length of drive 33.53 m

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sol 1158

A new drive !

And a shadowfie

58 meters and a turn to the north towards the Neretva channel

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Carbonates Ahoy!!

Right bank of the Neretva

Seems like we have signs of water interaction! A filled crack in a pitted ?carbonate sedimentary rock,

white ?salts in a crushed rock -grousers every 3.4 cm for scale

Go for coring!

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Sol 1147

Neretva channel view to the west where it cuts the crater wall into Jezero

Channel is 400m 1200feet wide for scale

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Finally a whole nav cam view of the Neretva !

After a 70 m drive further west sol 1140

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Sol 1143

One more snapshot before I call it a night. 🙂

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Sometimes one shot has it all

Sol 1131 looking up Neretva vallis

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Neretva breach of Jezero crater wall

Seen from the east

Perseverance is on the left side or right bank +- facing the dark cliff of the right side of the channel channel is 1200 feet wide / 400 m

View made by Mars Express data

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Welcome to the dark side !

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46.95 m drive sol 1240

truly minimal
wispy Martian cirrus clouds
hope springs eternal

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📷 #NASA #Perseverance Rover #Perseverance nav camera image before sunrise on Mars (March 18, 2023)

Sol 1156 going up a hillock and looking west from under the deck at the Neretva

Imho it looks like the one in the middle of the Neretva channel

#perseverancerover .

🚙 It’s the way you ride. 😏 -👽

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🔴 Breaking news 🔴
A portal has been discovered on Mars by the #PerseveranceRover
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NASA's Perseverance rover confirms presence of ancient lake on Mars and it may hold clues to past life!
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Mars today!

Abrading a pitted rock on the Neretva right bank

Now pixl can analyse it's composition

Hopefully carbonate

Find me a stromatolite!!!

Sol 1151 1326 hours local

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To quote Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith:

'This is where the fun begins.' 😎

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Current status on the #LEGO Mars rover that I got for Christmas... 😎

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#PerseveranceRover image taken on #Sol873 at 12:41:01.007 PM with #MastcamZ #Mars #NASA #Space

The #LEGO Mars Rover now encased in acrylic... A bit much? 😁

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