• SpecialSetOfSieves@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    From the blog:

    Perseverance performed an initial toe-dip into this clay-bearing unit back in April, creating the Strong Island abrasion patch, before returning back upslope to Witch Hazel Hill to sample some spherule-bearing rocks. Since then, Perseverance has started exploring this clay-bearing unit more extensively, creating the Laknes abrasion on Sol 1526.

    Allow me to add, for your viewing pleasure:

    36 - Slants River
    37 - Name not given - but my nickname for it is “Subtle Scales”
    38 - Strong Island
    39 - Hare Bay
    40 - Name not given - let’s call this one “Frisky Freckles”
    41 - Name not given - I’ll call it “Too-Creamy Coffee”
    42 - Laknes

    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      That’s extremely useful. Pity they don’t release the names of all the patches in the updates. I know we’ll eventually see the names in the mission managers reports, but those are many months away.