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Curiosity drill site at Mojave2, sol 882 (January 29, 2015)

Curiosity drill site at Mojave2, sol 882 (January 29, 2015)
Curiosity drill site at Mojave2, sol 882 (January 29, 2015) "Mojave2" was the second site where Curiosity attempted drilling at Pink Cliffs. The rock was soft, requiring only the lowest level of percussion for Curiosity's drill. The drill hole is 1.6 centimeters wide; the smooth area around the hole shows where the base of Curiosity's drill pressed against the very fine powder. Some of that fine powder is much redder than the gray material that came from inside the drill hole; this is probably surface Mars dust. NASA / JPL / MSSS