At 21:45:03 UTC the Mastcam Right photographed the last drilling attempt, this time a successful one. Two other previous attempts failed due to the extreme hardness of the rock; in this case the rock named “Stoer” turned out to be sufficiently “soft” to allow adequate drilling to collect samples for mineralogical analysis.
This photo has been processed to allow a better view of the colors, balancing the white and slightly increasing the color saturation.
HD processed image: https://image.ibb.co/gqsLy9/Curiosity_Sol2136.jpg
Original image: https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=2136MR0114540010205034E01_DXXX&s=2136
Reference Article:
“Sol 2136-2137: Try, Try, and Try Again”. https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/mars-rover-curiosity-mission-updates/?mu=sol-2136-2137-try-try-and-try-again
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