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Assembled from 6 overlapping WATSON images using MS-ICE.
The WATSON camera is mounted on the turret of rover's 2 meter long robotic arm.
A wider view can be assembled, once all the images are returned to Earth.
The images were acquired on sol 1500 (May 10, 2025)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Interesting to see all the dust gathering around the body parts. There's been some work on electrodynamic dust mitigation (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576511001883).
It can be a problem, especially when covering solar panels or optics.