#Ingenuity scouted the place #Perseverance is at on Sol 708, back on Sol 689, during #flight41 .

Here is an animation showing that area in more detail. The hellish background near the horizon was not intended but maybe adds some suspense? 😬

Quick processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE animation
Flight: 41, Sol: 689, LMST: 16:02:03
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119136_841ECM_N0410001HELI00005_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity scouted the area #Perseverance is now on Sol 708, back on Sol 689 during #flight41 .

Here is an animation showing that area in more detail. The hellish background near the horizon was not intended but maybe adds some suspense? 😬

Quick processed, undistorted, rotated HELI_RTE animation
Flight: 41, Sol: 689, LMST: 16:02:03
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119136_841ECM_N0410001HELI00005_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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The new risk avoidance software on #Ingenuity shows a clear preference to smooth regolith ripples.

26 processed, stabilized & animated HELI_NAV
RMC: 41.0001 (corrected)
Sol: 689, LMST: 16:02:50
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0689_0728119185_617ECM_N0410001HELI03935_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Scouting the Rocky Top seems to have gone nicely for #Ingenuity. Here's a couple of RTE images from #Flight41. It looks like an interesting place for #Perseverance to take some more rock samples.

Processed HELI_RTE

RMC: 0.None, Sol: 689, LMST: 16:01:30
Originals: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119102_901ECM_N0410001HELI00001_000085J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119126_851ECM_N0410001HELI00004_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Scouting the Rocky Top seems to have gone nicely for #Ingenuity. Here's a sample of RTE images from #Flight41. It looks like an interesting place for #Perseverance to take some more rock samples.

Processed HELI_RTE

RMC: 0.None, Sol: 689, LMST: 16:01:30
Originals: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119102_901ECM_N0410001HELI00001_000085J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119126_851ECM_N0410001HELI00004_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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Scouting the Rocky Top seems to have gone nicely for #Ingenuity. Here's a sample of RTE images from #Flight41. It looks like an interesting place for #Perseverance to take some more rock samples.

Processed HELI_RTE

RMC: 0.None, Sol: 689, LMST: 16:01:30
Originals: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119102_901ECM_N0410001HELI00001_000085J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0689_0728119126_851ECM_N0410001HELI00004_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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This is an approximation of #Ingenuity's #Flight41 flight path, based on the ground profile and a flight altitude of of ~10m.

Using 1m #HiRISE / #USGS DTM in #QGIS

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And here is #Ingenuity, sitting on a rego-ripple after its #Flight41, watching #Perseverance which is about to drop its last sample tube at the #ThreeForks depot.

Processed & animated MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
RMC: 32.1184, Sol: 690, LMST: 13:31:12
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00690/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0690_0728198597_035EBY_N0321184ZCAM08692_0340LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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And here is #Ingenuity, sitting on a rego-ripple after its #Flight41, watching #Perseverance which is about to drop its last sample tube at the ThreeForks depot.

Processed & animated MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
RMC: 32.1184, Sol: 690, LMST: 13:31:12
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00690/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0690_0728198597_035EBY_N0321184ZCAM08692_0340LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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And here is #Ingenuity, sitting on a rego-ripple after its #Flight41, watching #Perseverance which is about to drop its last sample tube at the ThreeForks depot.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 34mm
RMC: 32.1184, Sol: 690, LMST: 13:31:12
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00690/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0690_0728198597_035EBY_N0321184ZCAM08692_0340LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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This is a stabilized version of the same animation of 16 images from #Flight41; the reference is the shadow of the #MarsHelicopter.

Because the shadow isn't influenced by the attitude of the helicopter which changes the camera view, such animations look like a window moving in front of a fixed scene (not accounting for lens distortion and altitude changes).

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0689_0728119123_219ECM_N0410001HELI02054_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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#Ingenuity flew its roundtrip #Flight41 tosol. It went a little further than planned, ~189m instead of ~179.

Images received so far show the turning point up at Rocky Top and the landing at a location about 17m away from its previous location, to NNW. See the image description for more.

11 processed & oriented HELI_NAV
RMC: 41.0001 (corrected)
Sol: 689, LMST: 16:01:50
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0689_0728119123_219ECM_N0410001HELI02054_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #Solarocks #space

#Ingenuity flew its roundtrip #Flight41 tosol. It went a little further than planned, ~189m instead of ~179.

Images received so far show the turning point up at Rocky Top and the landing at a location about 17m away from its previous location, to NNW. See the image description for more.

11 processed & oriented HELI_NAV
RMC: 41.0001 (corrected)
Sol: 689, LMST: 16:01:50
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00689/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0689_0728119123_219ECM_N0410001HELI02054_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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