33 Months On Mars: We Found Circular Markings!

Join our patreon community here: Your contributions are appreciated so much and allow us to keep making videos about Mars. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This video documents a series of remarkable discoveries and activities by the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, covering a range of sols (Martian days) from 887 to 965. The narrative begins with Perseverance wrapping up activities at the Dream Lake site, where it observes rich olivine crystals and a crab’s claw-like rock. The rover then conducts a successful abrasion on sol 893, examining the results under UV lighting to reveal more olivine crystals. Meanwhile, Ingenuity performs a short hop, advancing towards an ancient riverbed, a region challenging for Perseverance due to deep sand deposits. The video highlights several key moments, such as the discovery of a dust devil on sol 899, Ingenuity’s continued flights to explore Neretva Vallis, and Perseverance’s various discoveries, including a rock with circular markings and another that resembles a sombrero, which sparks interest due to its potential case hardening. Perseverance successfully traverses a challenging boulder field, enters the Mandu Wall area, and investigates intriguing rocks with small nodules and hydrated silica, suggesting the potential for finding biosignatures. Ingenuity’s flights offer breathtaking views of the Martian landscape, including the delta face and the banks of what was once Neretva Vallis. Perseverance takes samples, including the Lefroy Bay sample, and deals with the Martian environment’s challenges, such as navigating over rocks and analyzing the sand with its laser. The narrative also covers Perseverance’s observations of the Martian sky, noting the presence of thin, ice-made cirrus-like clouds. As a solar conjunction approaches, with Mars going behind the Sun and cutting off communication with Earth, Perseverance finds a parking spot to wait out the communication blackout, during which it conducts self-imaging to assess the dust accumulation on its body. - Summary written by GPT4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:00 Perseverance’s Journey In a Boulder Field. 3:46 Entering the Mandu Wall Region 7:25 Drill Sample 7:40 Traversing The Mandu Wall Region 10:57 Getting Closer to Neretva Vallis 13:11 Outro Mars Playlist: Space Playlist: Twitter: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ./SSI Credit: Thanks to Simeon Schmauß for providing images at 5:00, 5:18, 5:32, 6:59, under a creative commons license (linked below). I’ve made minor changes to all of the images with colour corrections. Music: Epidemic Sound Please note: We are not affiliated with NASA in any way, we just want more people to be inspired by their great work!