By: ArtAlienTV-Gigapans
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech ⧉
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License: Copyright, All Rights Reserved

Uploaded: 28 Apr 2022
Last Updated: 1 May 2022

90 megapixels
12,865 x 6,981 pixels
42.9 in X 23.3 in at 300dpi

This image of Perseverance’s backshell sitting upright on the surface of Jezero Crater was collected from an altitude of 26 feet (8 meters) by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 26th flight at Mars on April 19, 2022. Engineers working on the Mars Sample Return program requested images be taken from an aerial perspective of the components because they may provide insight into the components’ performance during the rover’s entry, descent, and landing on Feb. 18, 2021. The tangle of cables seen streaming out from the top of the backshell, and coated with Martian dust on the surface, are high-strength suspension lines that connect the backshell to Perseverance’s supersonic parachute (upper left). The backshell and parachute helped protect the rover in deep space and during its fiery descent toward the Martian surface. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26694/rovers-backshell-seen-from-the-air/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26695/rover-landing-gear-seen-from-the-air-by-mars-helicopter/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26696/debris-field-from-perseverance-landing-gear-seen-by-mars-helicopter/ The upper left image has had 20% brightness and 15% contrast applied for better shape definition. Also lightly applied colour temperature correction. See video here for more 👉 https://youtu.be/8E-KodAyl44 MARS Rover Back Shell Seen: Jezero City Structures. ArtAlienTV My enhanced image clips are subject to copyright but the gigapan image is Creative Commons: Attribution. All these finds must be credited to ArtAlienTV unless stated otherwise. TRY the FREE ArtAlienTV APP HERE 👉 http://h.fanapp.mobi/artalientv Access to over 20 million space images. Powerful space research utility app. Please Donate with PAYPAL and help this important research. Send payments to: [email protected] Very much appreciated however small 😊👍