paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago1257 - New Abrasion Patch (Patch diameter 5 cm / 2 inches)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarepaulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago Is that tire patterns in the top left corner? They are small ripples in the soft sand between rocks, if you look in the NavCam images of the workspace on sol 1254 you can see many more examples. These ripples are formed by the wind (aeolian process).
minus-squarebreakcorelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThanks for the clarification, that’s what I imagined, but nice to hear it from someone else.
They are small ripples in the soft sand between rocks, if you look in the NavCam images of the workspace on sol 1254 you can see many more examples.
These ripples are formed by the wind (aeolian process).
Thanks for the clarification, that’s what I imagined, but nice to hear it from someone else.