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Mars Perseverance Sol 1538: WATSON Camera

 desert varnish on rocks broken up by Perseverance 


Mars Perseverance Sol 1538: WATSON Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

This image was acquired on June 18, 2025 (Sol 1538) at the local mean solar time of 13:20:39.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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OCCURRENCE OF ROCK VARNISH AT YUNGAY, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2251.pdf

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JG000677

Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570605

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria


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