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(I assume, for convenience, N is at the top of the image, just like a map)

Look in the plain west of the large crater, near those two hills. There is a much larger, but very faint circular spot moving around. It is only noticeable when the animation is running. Also, look in the NW part of the image, there is something very faint and indistinct, almost hazy, jumping around there as the images sequence through. It coalesces into a very faint moving spot similar to the one in the NE on the last two frames.

Use averted vision, just defocus your eyes slightly and look in the general areas I mention and let the image-to-image shift draw them out.

I haven't a clue, but my guess is it's debris floating around the spacecraft. I don't think those are image artifacts, I work with imagery professionaly and these look like real, but no doubt ordinary, objects.

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