Assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam images using MS-ICE
Note the pair of DRT patches on the ground
DRT = Dust Removal Tool
The DRT is a rotary stainless steel wire brush, it’s used to clean the surface of the rocks so they can use the APXS instrument directly on the surface, if they don’t remove the dust it can skew the readings from the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS)
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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