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Curiosity's ChemCam Checks 'Christmas Cove' Colors
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The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover examined a freshly brushed area on target rock "Christmas Cove" and found spectral evidence of hematite, an iron-oxide mineral. ChemCam sometimes zaps rocks with a laser, but can also be used, as in this case, in a "passive" mode. In this type of investigation, the instrument's telescope delivers to spectrometers the sunlight reflected from a small target point.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCuriosity's ChemCam Checks 'Christmas Cove' Colors. NASA/JPL, 2017-11-01. Public domain. ID: PIA22068.
