Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork!

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A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance!

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min read A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance! Perseverance self portrait, acquired by the WATSON camera on Sol 1500 on Mars. The Bell Island borehole where the rover acquired a…

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Sols 4549-4552: Keeping Busy Over the Long Weekend

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Sols 4547-4548: Taking in the View After a Long Drive

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Sols 4543-4545: Leaving the Ridge for the Ridges

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Sols 4541–4542: Boxwork Structure, or Just “Box-Like” Structure?

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Sols 4536-4538: Dusty Martian Magnets

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Sols 4534-4535: Last Call for the Layered Sulfates? (West of Texoli Butte, Headed West)

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Sols 4529-4531: Honeycombs and Waffles… on Mars!

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Searching for Spherules to Sample

Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min read Searching for Spherules to Sample Subsurface spherules: This image of the Hare Bay abrasion patch was acquired by the WATSON camera on Sol 1480 (April 19,…

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