Thread by @corrinerojas

So this Mars rock of interest from sol 129 is quite special since it was ran over by the #PerseveranceRover. It was on purpose during a navigation technique and the rover is safe! Here’s a few more facts about rover navigation and this fascinating rock (1/5)

First, the rock by itself is fun to look at, dramatic and almost alien with the textures. Different from its finer grain surroundings. It also looks like the ridges were made by the wheels! But they were already there, and they’re sharper to the hypothetical touch than they look.

Next, this image shows the rover tracks on the top right. That fine grain soil is a little more comparable to the ground that the rover has been traveling on with its auto-navigation software system. Percy is breaking records left and right! mars.nasa.gov/news/8980/nasa…

This pic shows some bright spots where the rover wheel carved out some of the rock on its way over it. Definitely the coolest part of the rock for me so far, since the first time I saw the bright spots I thought something was funky with the cameras (dw, all systems are nominal)!

The mosaic was made with Mastcam-Z left images from sol 129 on COTS software during my free time. A more scientifically accurate mosaic will be released in the future. All frames available to the public at mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multi…

Also linked in the thread but deserves its own tweet, I cannot get over this headline

ROVER JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL

mars.nasa.gov/news/8980/nasa…