Planetary Video

Meet the Mars Samples: Sapphire Canyon (Sample 25)

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This NASA video introduces Sapphire Canyon, the 25th Martian sample collected by the Perseverance rover. Drilled from the vein-filled rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls in Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, the arrowhead-shaped rock contains features that may help answer whether Mars once supported microscopic life.