NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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1361 - WATSON image of a section of the abrasion patch (patch diameter = 5cm / 2 inches) (lemmy.world)

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Sol 1361: WATSON Camera (Raw colour) acquired on Dec. 18, 2024 at the local mean solar time of 12:42:15.

Interestingly the patch shows no tool marks from the abrasion bit

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

LINK: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/SIF_1361_0787763303_855EBY_N0641568SRLC00643_0000LMJ

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the detailed write-up! It's awesome how much we can learn (and have already learned) from the Mars rovers.