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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Awaiting the official distance and the updated traverse map.

Looking at the post drive images I presume that we are still on the margin unit, but very close to the basal unit of the crater rim (just beyond the workspace).

JPL stated that "Dox Castle" is a major science waypoint, but we're probably a little south of the location shown on an earlier map, but we are close to the transition zone.

Except for a series of short walkabout drives we could be around here for some time examining the transition between the rim and the rocks formed in the ancient lake. I'll share the official traverse map and drive data as soon as it is released.

Attached is a 9-tile end-of-drive L-NavCam composite, featuring the rover's robotic arm workspace

Size - 3862x2902px

Assembled in MS-ICE.

Site - 96-4812.

Sol 1274 - September 19, 2024.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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