PIA00909: Flat Top's Pitted Surface
Flat Top's Pitted Surface
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Rover
Instrument: Rover Cameras
Product Size: 540 samples x 343 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: MRPS83353
Addition Date: 1997-08-27
Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
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Full-Res JPEG: PIA00909.jpg (23.49 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image of the rock "Flat Top" was taken from one of the Sojourner rover's front cameras on Sol 42. Pits on the edge of the rock and a fluted surface are clearly visible. The rocks in the left background comprise the Rock Garden.

Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1997-08-27