A color close-up photo from the Martian surface shows a blurred-out background of rocky terrain colored pale orange-tan, while the top center and right corner of the image are filled with a view of a rover instrument in close focus. A metallic sage green cylinder extends from the upper right corner toward the center of the frame; its circular face has a line of nine holes in the metal around its outer edge, and inside that is a target formed by two concentric circles, each of them divided in quarters of alternating green and white. The cylinder is attached to the bulk of the instrument, which is sort of a rounded cube shape, creamy tan in color and dusted in some spots with brown-orange soil. This main part of the instrument dominates the upper middle half of the image, with one edge facing the viewer. The right-side face of the cube shows four small hex screws staggered up one side, and a pair of delicate wires, braided and leading to the green cylinder. The left face of the cube shows several lines of handwritten numbers and capital letters in dark gray ink or paint, rotated 90 degrees to the right from the viewer’s perspective. Part of the inscription reads “APXS SENSOR HEAD ASSEMBLY.”

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