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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera (CacheCam), located inside the rover underbelly. It looks down into the top of a sample tube to take close-up pictures of the sampled material and the tube as it's prepared for sealing and storage.
This image was acquired on Dec. 21, 2022 (Sol 653) at the local mean solar time of 13:05:20.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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