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This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4505 (2025-04-08T17:24:44.000Z)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
I'm having trouble understanding what I'm seeing. Is the rover super close to a rock that's filling up the bottom right portion of the frame?
https://lemmy.world/u/jayemar@lemm.ee
It's on the side of a butte to the north of the rover, see attached screen shot assembled from the navigation camera images acquired on the same sol, I've circled the target rock
Oh this is cool, thanks!
YMW :)
it is this shot from another angle
How many rocks are in the picture? Let me count
My guess is it’s a nearby slope, but it’s difficult to tell scale in pictures like these.