PIA05331: "Stucco" Walls
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows the partial clotting or cement-like properties of the sand-sized grains within the wall trenched by the rover.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager 
 Product Size:  1735 x 2272 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05331.tif (2.167 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05331.jpg (443.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This projected mosaic image, taken by the microscopic imager, an instrument located on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 's instrument deployment device, or "arm," shows the partial clotting or cement-like properties of the sand-sized grains within the trench wall. The area in this image measures approximately 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) wide and 5 centimeters (2 inches) tall.(This image also appears as an inset on a separate image from the rover's navigation camera, showing the location of this particular spot within the trench wall.)
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-19