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Perseverance Rover's Abrading Bit
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This image shows the abrading bit used by NASA's Perseverance to get beneath the surface of Mars rocks. It was acquired on Aug. 2, 2021, the 160th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, by the rover's Mastcam-Z imager. Mars rocks can be weathered and covered in dust, obscuring important details about their composition and history. The rover's abrader is the golden-colored disk with the three parallel lines of different lengths, arranged asymmetrically, in the center of the image.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit linePerseverance Rover's Abrading Bit. NASA/JPL, 2025-06-25. Public domain. ID: PIA26577.
