Here's its new workspace after the drive. This is a mosaic of 15 overlapping mast camera images that were deBayered prior to assembly.

On August 12, the Moon passed in front of the Sun, producing a total eclipse along a narrow path in the northern hemisphere of Earth. On Mars, in a cosmic coincidence a day later, Perseverance watched a tiny potato-shaped moon pass in front of the same Sun.

End-of-drive Front HazCam image of the new workspace :)

This image was taken by the MAHLI camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4986 (16 August 2026)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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August 13, 2026 - Sol 1948: Left Mastcam-Z Camera

Perseverance used its SHERLOC WATSON camera on sol 1949 to take a close-up image of this light toned rock. The camera is mounted on the rover's robotic arm. Check the comments for a much closer image at the rock from the same camera acquired on the same sol

4963 M34 MastCam deBayered

A ventifact is a wind carved rock

Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera set at full zoom (110mm).

Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on July 22, 2026 (Sol 1927)

'Tis But A Scratch!

Still plenty of miles on these wheels

I'll add the drive data when JPL release the official info, but it looks like a drive of 5-6 meters East-northeast. These post-drive images were acquired on July 22, 2026.

So little of Mars has been explored by rovers that every new vista and every new rock they see could become a major discovery. So why has Perseverance now driven hundreds of meters back to the same spot it stopped at a month ago?