Drilling hole (IMAGE)

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Drilling hole

Caption

The image shows the Highfield drill hole on Vera Rubin Ridge. Drill powder from this hole showed carbon isotope values indicating a carbon cycle that includes either subsurface life, intense UV radiation penetrating the atmosphere, or Interstellar dust. The image was taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager on sol 2247.

Credit

NASA/Caltech-JPL/MSSS.

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License

Public Domain

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