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Uploaded: 16 Oct 2021
Last Updated: 11 Apr 2022

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This image has had 20% brightness and -20% contrast applied for better detail definition. Also lightly applied colour temperature correction and desaturation. This mosaic features a rover-eye view of the "South Séítah" geologic unit of Jezero Crater. Composed of 84 enhanced-color images that were later stitched together, the mosaic was taken on Sept. 12, 2021 (the 201st Martian day, or sol, of the mission), by the Mastcam-Z imager as the rover was parked on an elevated overlook just outside its entry point into South Séítah. An annotated version of this image (Figure 1) indicates the location of several prominent geologic features. At the top left and running about a third of the way to the center of the image is a portion of the delta front, a river delta that billions of years ago fed the lake at Jezero Crater. Below and to the right of that is a ridge nicknamed "Faillefeu" (after a medieval abbey in the French Alps). Farther to the right, at the top of the image is the distant peak called "Santa Cruz." While not a planned destination of the rover, Santa Cruz is geologically interesting since it has mineral signatures – seen both from orbit and by the rover (from its landing site) – consistent with alteration minerals, primarily clays. This mosaic features a rover-eye view of the "South Séítah" geologic unit of Jezero Crater. Composed of 84 enhanced-color images that were later stitched together, the mosaic was taken on Sept. 12, 2021 (the 201st Martian day, or sol, of the mission), by the Mastcam-Z imager as the rover was parked on an elevated overlook just outside its entry point into South Séítah. An annotated version of this image (Figure 1) indicates the location of several prominent geologic features. At the top left and running about a third of the way to the center of the image is a portion of the delta front, a river delta that billions of years ago fed the lake at Jezero Crater. Below and to the right of that is a ridge nicknamed "Faillefeu" (after a medieval abbey in the French Alps). Farther to the right, at the top of the image is the distant peak called "Santa Cruz." While not a planned destination of the rover, Santa Cruz is geologically interesting since it has mineral signatures – seen both from orbit and by the rover (from its landing site) – consistent with alteration minerals, primarily clays. Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.