Your browser does not support HTML video. Ingenuity has successfully completed its first flight to Mars, a truly historic moment!On Earth, helicopters fly at a maximum altitude of 6 km, while Ingenuity flew in rarefied conditions that on Earth are only found above 36 km altitude!A “miracle”!!! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

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At 02:30:30 UTC Mastcam Left captured a nice cloud formation crowding the Martian sky!Also for this Sol, this is not the only photo depicting a dense cloud formation (see https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/? order=sol+desc%2Cinstrument_sort+asc%2Csample_type_sort+asc%2C+date_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=0&mission=msl&begin_sol=3082&end_sol=3082&af=MAST_LEFT%7CMAST_RIGHT%2C%2C), confirming that the atmosphere contains an amount of water vapor far from the normally accepted values.Mars is approaching its maximum distance from the Sun (aphelion), period in which the planet has a temperature on average 20°C lower than when it reaches its maximum proximity to the Sun (perihelion) (see https://ilpianetamarte.org/Files/La_Temperatura_di_Marte/La_Temperatura_di_Marte.php). It is therefore normal that all the water evaporated during the hottest period at perihelion tends to condense into clouds as aphelion approaches.Mars is certainly drier than Earth, but clearly less arid than we think.The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone noise reduction due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see. Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03082/mcam/3082ML0160980011200744C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

At 15:14:09 LMST the Rear Left Hazcam captured an incredible Martian rainbow.I have never seen anything like it on Mars and I wonder if it could be a strange reflection between the lens or a real rainbow!Certainly it is the first time I see something like this and I am therefore more inclined to consider it “real”!If it was really a rainbow, this will become an “epochal” photo; the first rainbow photographed on another planet!!!Mars, who else???The original image underwent noise reduction due to compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see. Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/RLF_0043_0670767824_537EBY_N0031398RHAZ02006_00_0LLJ This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

At 21:25:23 UTC the Mastcam Left took again a nice formation of white clouds standing out in a clear blue Martian sky, this time also with a lot of gravity waves (see https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onda_di_gravit%C3%A0). Also for this Sol, this is not the only photo that depicts a cloud formation (see https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/?order=sol+desc%2Cinstrument_sort+asc%2Csample_type_sort+asc%2C+date_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=0&mission=msl&begin_sol=3074&end_sol=3074&af=MAST_LEFT%7CMAST_RIGHT%2C%2C), a phenomenon that seems to occur frequently these days.The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone noise reduction due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see. Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03074/mcam/3074ML0160600061200247C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

At 14:16:49 LMST the SHERLOC WATSON camera captured the last phase of the deposition of the Ingenuity helicopter on Martian soil.Perseverance will have to move away from Ingenuity before it can charge its batteries and attempt its first flight, a flight that should take place in about a week.I remind you that flying a helicopter in such a nominally low atmospheric density is equivalent to flying a helicopter at an altitude of 36 km on Earth; I don’t know of any helicopter on Earth that has ever flown at such an altitude, not even close!I’m really looking forward to such a feat.The original image underwent a reduction in noise due to compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see.Finally, it was rotated 90° counterclockwise to correct its orientation. Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/SI1_0039_0670409192_132ECM_N0031392SRLC07000_000085J This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

At 14:00:07 UTC Mastcam Left captured a beautiful white cloud formation silhouetted against a clear Martian blue sky!Also for this Sol, this is not the only photo depicting a dense cloud formation (see https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/? order=sol+desc%2Cinstrument_sort+asc%2Csample_type_sort+asc%2C+date_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=1&mission=msl&begin_sol=3063&end_sol=3063&af=MAST_LEFT%7CMAST_RIGHT%2C%2C), proving that the humidity contained in the atmosphere is anything but negligible!In the lower left corner you will also notice the same rock imaged on Sol 3057 (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/3751059274977238). The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone noise reduction due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see. Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03063/mcam/3063ML0160030060208781C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.