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After the rock abrasion tool on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity
stopped working on sol 199 (Aug. 15, 2004), rover operators used the
panoramic camera to take this image the next day for help in diagnosing
the problem. The tool was closer than the camera could focus on sharply,
but the image does show a dark spot just left of center, which engineers
have determined is likely to be a pebble jammed between the cutting-blade
rotor and the wire-brush rotor. If that diagnosis is confirmed by further
analysis, the tool will likely be commanded to turn the rotors in reverse
to release the pebble.
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NASA/JPL/Cornell
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