
This pair of images taken a few minutes apart show how laser firing by NASA Mars rover Curiosity removes dust from the surface of a rock. The images were taken by the remote micro-imager camera in the laser-firing Chemistry and Camera ChemCam.
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NASA ID
PIA16819
Date Created
April 8, 2013
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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