NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is getting ready to get a sample of asteroid Bennu. Just a couple of days ago, they took a very close look at the secondary sampling site, "Osprey". The primary sampling site is named "Nightingale".
OSIRIS-REx Swoops Over Sample Site Osprey
The full-size image is an astonishing 5 mm per pixel. You can get to that image via the article link. It takes a moderate amount of time to load on your screen.
We still have to wait several more months until the robotic explorer makes its first sampling attempt in October. (Maybe by then the coronavirus infection rate will be so low that we'll be able to watch the attempt with a few friends.)
Below is the small version of the big image.
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