NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover’s mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on July 7, 2021 (Sol 135) at the local mean solar time of 13:22:56.

Azimuth: "245 deg

Extended description by Vivian Sun, Science Operations Systems Engineer, Staff Scientist at NASA/JPL

A throwback to sol 135, when Perseverance was still on the Crater Floor Fractured Rough unit and had yet to enter Séítah. This Navcam image looks across the Séítah ‘thumb’ and spans Artuby ridge, at the top of this image, which Perseverance drove along en route to our current location in Séítah.

Just to the left of this image is where we would make our first sampling attempt at Roubion on sol 164.

In the middle of this image is where we would acquire our first sample pair from the Rochette rock on sols 190 and 196.

In the right part of this image, but hidden by higher topography, is where we would acquire our second sample pair from the Brac rock on sols 262 and 271.

Published in the Perseverance blog on December 16, 2021