Image taken by BepiColombo with its Mercury Transfer Module’s monitoring camera 2 (M-CAM 2) on 4 September 2024 at 22:53 CEST as the spacecraft sped by for its fourth of six gravity assist manoeuvres at the planet. The spacecraft was about 355 km from the planet’s surface when it took this picture.
The main crater visible in this image is Vivaldi crater with its stunning peak ring basin. Vivaldi measures 210 km across.

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This picture was taken by the Mastcam-Z camera aboard Perseverance rover on sol 1268 (September 13th, 2024) at 12:40 pm.
This 22cm-wide rock could be magmatic. It looks like a gabbro.

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Cropped version of the previous panorama taken by Perseverance rover on sol 1268.
Sky extended in post-processing.

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Panorama made of 5 pictures taken by Navcam Left camera aboard Perseverance rover on sol 1268 (September 13th, 2024) at 4:00 pm Martian local time.
Perserverance rover is climbing Jezero crater rim.

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Cropped version of a panorama taken by Navcam Left camera aboard Perseverance rover on sol 1250 (August 26th, 2024) at 2:30 pm Martian local time.
Perserverance rover is climbing Jezero crater rim. We can follow its tracks down to Neretva Valley that was previously explored and sampled by the rover.

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