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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight.
This image was acquired on Jan. 19, 2023 (Sol 681 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 16:51:48. This was the date of Ingenuity's 40th flight.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Mars Perseverance Sol 1171: Left Mastcam-Z Camera
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