Hard to tell if this is the same core imaged a few sols ago. Watch this space for updates. But this one looks ready to cap / seal
NASA/JPL-Caltech
The textures visible in the tube on the two sets of images (from 1497 and 1492) look quite similar (there are dark grains/spherules visible in both, in similar quantities), and the outcrop before the rover has changed very little in the last week (comparing NavCam images from 1490 and 1497), so I’m fairly certain Percy hasn’t tried coring again. This should be the same core.
I’m wondering if they’re going to take any close-up images of the tailings from the borehole… but I think your priorities are the correct ones, Paul 😉
Agreed! from the image sets it’s not a new core. I’ve been wearing readers for >40 years with increasing levels of power :) Even with the readers, my eyes are not what they used to be. I’m hoping they’ll acquire some 4-tile CacheCam images that I can stitch together and actually use to compare the two faces :) Looks like they have more than enough space in the tube to cap / seal the core. A few sols of post coring activities, including those close up images of the tailings, and they should be ready to move on. :)