Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast.
This image was acquired on October 15, 2024 (Sol 1299) at the local mean solar time of 11:40:37.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
The rover is currently driving up the rim wall of Jezero crater. The rim wall was created by a huge impact in Mars early history. So we could be looking at some of the oldest rocks that were uplifted during the impact. I’m clearly not a geologist, so it will be interesting to see the results of the investigations of the rocks in this region by the science team.