
The mission science team assessed the bright particles in this scooped pit to be native Martian material rather than spacecraft debris as seen in this image from NASA Mars rover Curiosity as it collected its second scoop of Martian soil.
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NASA ID
PIA16233
Date Created
October 18, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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