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ChemCam's "Housedon Hill" Panorama

December 21, 2020

This mosaic shows various scenes captured from a location called "Housedon Hill" by the ChemCam instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover between September 9 and October 23, 2020 (Sols 2878 and 2921).

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/IRAP/IAS/LPG

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