The sharp Kodiak imagery, which Perseverance captured with its Mastcam-Z camera system from a distance of 1.39 miles (2.24 km), shows distinct layers of sediment that could only have been deposited by a river flowing into a lake, mission scientists say. Indeed, they've already started doing so from afar, analyzing a hill called Kodiak that's thought to be a delta remnant. River deltas here on Earth are great at preserving carbon-containing organic molecules and signs of life itself, so Perseverance team members are eager to explore Jezero's ancient delta. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/IRAP/LPG/ASU/MSSS) In photos: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover mission to the Red Planet Prev of 13 Next Prev of 13 Next If you'd like to see more, check out the Perseverance and Ingenuity raw image database that NASA makes freely available. This is just the tiniest sampling, for there are literally thousands to choose from - more than 200,000, in fact. Here are some of the most memorable photos by (and of) the robotic duo over the past 12 months. Ingenuity aced its five-flight prime mission and is now serving as a scout for Perseverance, with a total of 19 Martian sorties under its belt to date. A 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) helicopter named Ingenuity landed with the rover, tasked with showing that aerial exploration is possible on Mars despite the planet's thin atmosphere. Perseverance is not alone on Jezero's floor. It's also collecting and caching dozens of samples for future return to Earth. The rover is searching for signs of past Mars life in Jezero, which hosted a big lake and a river delta in the ancient past. The car-sized Perseverance rover touched down inside the Red Planet's 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. NASA's Perseverance rover has now been exploring Mars for a full year, and it has captured some amazing photos during that stretch. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Seán Doran)
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