Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera (CacheCam), located inside the rover underbelly. It looks down into the top of a sample tube to take close-up pictures of the sampled material and the tube as it's prepared for sealing and storage.

The tube can be reused for further coring attempts

This image was acquired on June 18, 2025 (Sol 1538) at the local mean solar time of 14:28:07.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech