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Aerial Shot of Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

An aerial drone captured this view of members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team in the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve in Southern California as they searched for crumbly rocks for a test campaign.

February 14, 2022

An aerial drone captured this view of members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team in the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve in Southern California as they searched for crumbly rocks for a test campaign.

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