
NASA Mars rover Curiosity used a mechanism on its robotic arm to dig up five scoopfuls of material from a patch of dusty sand called Rocknest, producing the five bite-mark pits visible in this image from the rover left Navigation Camera Navcam.
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PIA16199
Date Created
November 15, 2012
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JPL
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