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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏
@gccmars.bsky.social
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Martian geologist (PhD👨‍🎓) 🔴 ⛏ MSL ChemCam Co-I & Mars2020 SuperCam member MSL titular chipmunk 🐿️ Also Costumer & Cosplayer & Embroiderer🧵
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · Nov 12
You like Mars? Of course you do, you wouldn't be following me otherwise (or would you? 😏)
Anyway, here is the treat : a ready-to-follow list of other amazing Martians, only one click away. What are still waiting for? 👇
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Michael Battalio @battalio.com · Nov 12
Took a first pass at making a Mars-specific scientist starter pack. I know there are tons of people not on it, so please let me know who to add. #planetaryscience
go.bsky.app/CN9qaUs
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 1d
Geophysicien, Géologue, geochimiste 🤣
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CNES @cnes.fr · 2d
🤖 Après #ChemCam & #SuperCam, voici #MicroLIBS : la nouvelle génération d’instruments laser français pour l’exploration martienne. 🔴
Un concentré de technologie… dans la taille d’une boîte à chaussures ! #CNES © CNES/RIBET Adrien, 2025
Ingénieurs du CNES manipulant et testant l’instrument MicroLIBS en salle blanche au centre spatial de Toulouse.
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 3d
And beyond! The farthest views we ever had on the mission, maybe on all Mars surface missions ever! 😊
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Landru79 @landru79.bsky.social · 5d
A thick layer of dust lift on the horizon

#NASA's #Mars #Perseverance rover

Mars Perseverance Sol 1642 Oct. 2, 2025: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mul...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 5d
My, she's gorgeous, can't wait to see her dressed!
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 5d
Thx, appreciated 🙏
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 5d
We like your work Neville, but we would appreciate that you give credits correctly for the RMIs, there should always be also CNES/Irap and not MSSS. @cnes.fr
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 5d
Very happy to have contributed to this campaign through pointing of the ChemCam RMI and choice of the name! 😁
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NeV-T @nev-t.bsky.social · 6d
MSL 4554-4649 CC BABATI MONS © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T

Gigapan - retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/238...
GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/bhz58L1...
Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com
#Mars #science #NASA
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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 6d
I think Perseverance may have spotted interstellar comet 3I/Atlas last night from Mars!

After stacking 20 images from Mastcam-Z, I found a faint smudge of light in the constellation Corona Borealis close to the location where the comet was expected. 🔭

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß
image of the night sky showing a starfield with several dark and bright stars that are quite elongated due to the long exposure time. the stars of the constellation corona borealis are annotated in green. a faint smudge, perhaps comet 3I/Atlas is marked with a red circle.
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 9d
Petit rappel, j'ai l'honneur d'être invité à donner une conférence TEDx ce Samedi 4 Octobre à TBS Education à Toulouse. Les places sont encore disponibles ! Billeterie en ligne au lien attaché ;)
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 26d
Quitte à être dans une dynamique d'annonces, j'ai le plaisir d'avoir été invité à donner une conférence TEDx par TBS Education 😀
Le thème abordé est le Futur, et elle aura lieu le 4 Oct prochain à Toulouse (billetterie au lien attaché)
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TEDx Tbs-education | Des conférences inspirantes à Toulouse !
Cette année, la conférence TEDx TBS-education à Toulouse portera sur le thème Fracture. Nous vous attendons le 7 octobre à Tbs-Education !
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Don Davis @ddavisspaceart.bsky.social · 10d
A recent vista from Mars obtained by the Perseverance Rover on its 1635th Martian day, or 'Sol', Clouds far above the eternal dust pall are unusually well shown in this afternoon view. This is a mosaic of two wide angle color Navcam images.
This mosaic of two wide angle photos from the Perseverance rover shows the Martian surface stretching into the distance beyond two foreground hills. The rover tracks can just be seen winding into the distance. In this view clouds are unusually well defined as they float well above the tan dust that eternally colors the Martian skies. In the original photos the area near the Sun is 'burned out' by the limitations of the camera sensor. I have addressed this by manually painting over the overexposed areas to reconstruct something of the brightness contours as they probably would have appeared to a human observer. I have also 'warped' the lower corners to fill the rectangular format. Artist's prerogative :-)
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 10d
Principe de la distorsion ^^
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 12d
Cloudy martian afternoon over the Perseverance Rover on Sol 1635 (yestersol).

flic.kr/p/2rvFx3Q
A barren distant landscape with thin clouds and a low Sun blob. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 14d
Il manque un petit IRAP et @cnes.fr dans le crédit de l'image 😇 C'est quand même notre ChemCam-chcolatine après tout 😜
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 14d
Quite a vista isn't it? ;)
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 14d
I didn't ^^
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 14d
These two mosaics are mine (my pointing and my current investigations) . They were not supposed to be stitched together because of paralax, but that works 😍
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NeV-T @nev-t.bsky.social · 14d
MSL 4639-4664 CC CC © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T

GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/e9fz2ZS...
Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com
#Mars #science #NASA
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Landru79 @landru79.bsky.social · 15d
#NASA's #Mars #Perseverance rover

Mars Perseverance Sol 1632 Sept. 22, 2025: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam)

mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mul...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 15d
Oui, mais Lauren Edgar est une pure géologue, une collègue de la mission MSL ;)
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 15d
I am so happy for Lauren, an MSL team member and Martian planetary geologist! ☺️
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Dr. Geo Shanz 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 16d
I'm absolutely THRILLED to hear my Mars colleague, Dr. Lauren Edgar was selected for the 2025 ASCAN Class. She will be an unbelievable addition to the Astronaut Corps- representing our Mars geology community well- and joining our current Mars geology NASA Astronaut, Dr. Jessica Watkins.

AD ASTRA 💫
Dr. Lauren Edgar being announced as a NASA Astronaut Candidate in the 2025 class.
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 16d
Et avec les poignées, on peut faire des tours de cou ^^
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 16d
J'ai les mêmes ^^
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 17d
Fun thing is that I know Krys Blackwood from work in the 2020 team 😅
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 18d
If only I could come over 😢
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Dr. Gwénaël Caravaca 🔴 ⛏ @gccmars.bsky.social · 18d
I wish I was there 😢
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