The Mars Curiosity rover needs a way to keep its instruments calibrated, so for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), it keeps a U.S. penny aboard. The camera took this ultra-high resolution image on October 2, showing all the Martian dust it's collected in just over a year on the planet.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Planetary Science Institute
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Planetary Science Institute
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