Notices by Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)

The heat shield and Martian terrain photographed by the Rover Downlook Camera.
The second picture shows the edge of the delta fan on the right side and the delta remnant named Kodiak.

Some pictures of the parachute inflating, taken by Parachute Uplook Camera A.
Encoded in the red white stripes is JPL's motto "DARE MIGHTY THINGS" and the coordinates of the laboratory.
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/mars-decoder-ring/

This is a mosaic from 11 Lander Vision System Camera images, taken at around 10 km above the ground.
I colorized it using RDCAM images and Aster Cowart's Jezero Crater map.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Aster Cowart/Simeon Schmauß CC BY NC SA

https://flic.kr/p/2qMvNak

I can't believe it has already been 4 years since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars!

The rover was equipped with six engineering camera that captured more than 26.000 images during the landing!

This thread contains some of my favorites:

#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks

I mentioned in the beginning, that Perseverance captured more than 26.000 images during the landing. Last year I processed ALL OF THEM to make a complete remastered video of the landing.

Thanks again to @TheSeaning who helped me with the editing and rendering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhyznZ2u4E

Of course this landing wouldn't have been possible without the Sky crane. Lowering a the rover under a rocket powered jetpack still seems nuts to me, but it worked flawlessly - TWICE!

Some of the most amazing images were definitely taken by the Descent Stage Downlook camera, mounted to the Sky crane.
The rover deck is pristinely white, but a lot of dust is blown up once the rocket exhaust impinged on the surface, obscuring the rover at touchdown.

What a beauty! This is comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) passing through the field of view of the LASCO C3 coronagraph.

It wasn't for certain whether it would survive it's closest approach to the sun on January 13th, but it did and delivered us a spectacular show!

https://flic.kr/p/2qFGG1e

#comet #C2024G3 #space #astrodon

Just a little over one year ago, the Juno spacecraft made its first of two very close flybys of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
This picture from JunoCam was processed to approximate true color.

https://flic.kr/p/2ppYk8v

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Simeon Schmauß

#planetaryscience #astrodon #Io #Jupiter #Juno #JunoCam #NASA #space

Near the end of its investigation of the Murray Buttes area, the Curiosity rover took this farewell selfie at the "Quela" drilling location in September 2016 (Sol 1463).

Full Panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/curiosity-rover-selfie-at-murray-buttes

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Steve Albers/Simeon Schmauß

#Curiosity #NASA #Mars #MSL #planetaryscience #Solarocks

After several months of climbing up the steep slopes of the Jezero crater rim, Perseverance has reached the top!
The afternoon sun provides a spectacular view on landscape which the rover will explore soon!

Full panorama: https://www.360cities.net/image/marsrover-perseverance-navcam-sol-1354

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks

This is Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) passing by the sun while she fires off one CME after the other.
Mercury also makes an appearance on the left.

These images were taken by the LASCO C3 coronagraph on board the
ESA / NASA / SOHO spacecraft.

[EDIT: I added new images from this morning]

#space #esa #nasa #astrodon #comet #tsuchinshan #atlas

There will be a large thunderstorm complex in Germany tonight (pink color on the map) with really good chances for #RedSprites!

If you're in Eastern Germany, the Czech Republic or Poland with low cloud coverage, point your cameras towards the storm between 23:00 MESZ and 3:00 MESZ for a chance to capture these rare events!
It would be incredible if we can capture the same one from multiple angles!

https://kachelmannwetter.com/de/modellkarten/rapid-id2/dd938a6fdae4701aedd593b53273b857/signifikantes-wetter-erweitert/20240629-2300z.html

https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/112683878404481553

#thunderstorm #gewitter #unwetter

I was speechless when I saw this appear on my camera's LCD screen last night - this is only the second time I photographed #RedSprites.

Almost certainly not the best #Aurora shot I got tonight but the first one that made it into Lightroom!

This is from southern Bavaria, the Aurora are just crazy right now.

The Perseverance rover captured this scenic panorama a week ago on the afternoon of Sol 999 with the left Navigation camera.
In front of the rover lies Neretva Vallis and the Jezero Crater Rim where the mission is heading to in the future.

Interactive panorama: http://www.360cities.net/image/marsrover-perseverance-navcam-sol-999
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

#NASA #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Soloarrocks

Exactly 1000 Martian days ago the #Perseverance rover landed safely on the red planet.

This video shows the marvelous views captured by the engineering cameras during this nail-biting event.

Long 4K version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhyznZ2u4E

#NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

I finally managed to process my own image of the #SN2023ixf supernova in #M101.
Crazy to think this event actually happend some 21 million years ago, but we can still observe it changing brightness in mere days.

#supernova #astrophotography #astrodon #space