Dust devils in Arabia Terra - Perseverance NavCam - Sol 1398

This enhanced processing of Navcam Left images shows several dust devils moving across the floor of Arabia Terra, just outside of Jezero crater.

The largest dust devil in the foreground is at least 300 meters high (328 yards).

The largest dust devil starts at the edge of the crater which is located 1 kilometer east of the rover’s location (~5/8 mile)

For scale the crater floor viewed from this direction is close to 220 meters wide (722 ft)

The original sequence lasts about 2.5 minutes, and was taken around 12:26 local mean solar time.

This is a reduced resolution version of the animation by Simeon Schmauß.

You can find the full resolution (wider) MP4 version on Flickr using this link

In this GIF, I see three dust devils, it looks like there are at least 4 in the full size (uncropped) version on Flickr.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

(See map in comments)

  • Im_old@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago

    Every time I see pictures of Mars terrain I’m in such an awe that I’m looking at another planet. I will never not be amazed by that.

    Same thing when the probes landed on the comets. It’s not such a pile or rocks, it’s a pile of rocks hurtling through space! (Yes I know that technically we are too, but you get my point).

    • OutlierBlueEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      it’s a pile of rocks hurtling through space!

      And it’s a tiny pile of rocks, given the vastness of space.