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PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'
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Before collecting a rock sample at a spot nicknamed "Lefroy Bay," NASA's Perseverance Mars rover employed an abrasion tool to wear down the rock surface and then used the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry, or PIXL, to study the rock's internal chemistry. This image is composed of multiple shots of the abrasion patch, dubbed "Bills Bay," that were taken on Oct. 7 and Oct. 11, 2023, the 935th and 939th Martian days, or sols, of the mission.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit linePIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'. NASA/JPL, 2023-12-12. Public domain. ID: PIA26205.
