Quick NavCam on the latest patch. For scale the patch has a diameter of 5cm (2 inches)
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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
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What is that? I guess I don't know what I'm looking at
It's a small patch of abraded rock that was abraded by the rover using a rotary tool in its drill. They expose the inside of the rock so that it can be imaged and examined by the rover's instruments