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Perseverance begins studying Jezero's bright rocks

Original: For long, we have been expecting # Perseverance to put in some time into examining those # JezeroBrightRocks , and appar

NASA's Perseverance rover is now closely investigating the bright rocks in Jezero Crater, a target long anticipated by the mission's science team. New images from the rover's SHERLOC_WATSON camera show it examining such rocks in detail, and space enthusiasts online are following the observations closely, sharing processed imagery from the rover's latest work on the Martian surface.

Why now: Perseverance has started examining the long-awaited bright rocks at Jezero Crater, prompting space fans to share the new imagery.

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• For long, we have been expecting # Perseverance to put in some time into examining those # JezeroBrightRocks , and apparently the time has come. It is now obsessively occupied with finding and examining such rocks: 🙃 Processed SHERLOC_WATSON looking ENE (58°) from RMC 93.0000… · 65dBnoise · 8

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