What's the scale on Mars rover "Microscopic Imager" images ?

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The MI is mounted on an arm and does not have a single resolution.
Certainly the images are pretty meaningless without it.

The consensus seems to be that the image is an impression of a screw from the base of the APXS - you can also see how the base has flattened the dirt and a section of it's arc.
 
It looks like a match ...

apxs_portrait-br.jpg


mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/apxs_portrait-br.jpg

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