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is drilling into the same spot it had previously abraded. It is the first time this happens in the 624 sols of the mission on the Red Planet; there are either not many suitable spots in this particular area and the team tries not to waste them, or the abrasion showed something they absolutely wanted to take a sample from.

2 frame FRONT_HAZCAM_LEFT animation
RMC: 30.1172, Sols: 620, 623
LMST: 06:38:58, 14:57:26
Credit: /JPL-Caltech

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