Perseverance has been busy exploring Vernodden for several weeks, it’s even abraded a couple of nice rocky targets, but before a short drive to the northeast it turned its MastCam-Z cameras onto this eroded beauty. The image here is a processed crop from a mosaic assembled from eight overlapping images. Those eight base images were acquired on September 19, 2025 (Sol 1629) around noon local mean solar time (LMST)

This is a good rock for Pareidolia fans. I’m sure those with active minds can see a variety of familiar shapes in this wind carved rock (Ventifact).

Zoom into the full 3400x2105pxls and see the detail captured by the rover’s mast mounted science cameras at full zoom (110mm)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    • SpecialSetOfSieves@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I find these tall tales and conspiracy theories deeply offensive. Why can’t you bring some objectivity and scientific rigour to this community?

      Everyone knows that Martian sandworms wouldn’t simply discard a big hunk of mineralized biomatter like your “deviljho skulls” - they’d consume it right alongside the weak flesh of whatever lesser monster they happen to encounter. Rocks like this are clearly indigestible by the worms. Besides, the rover is way too high above the sandy flats (see below) to worry about those things.

      As if the rover drivers would ever let those things get anywhere near Percy.