PIA00940: Rock Garden Mosaic
Rock Garden Mosaic
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Rover
Instrument: Rover Cameras
Product Size: 1080 samples x 686 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: MRPS84465
Addition Date: 1997-09-28
Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
Full-Res TIFF: PIA00940.tif (811.3 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA00940.jpg (146 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image mosaic of part of the "Rock Garden" was taken by the Sojourner rover's left front camera on Sol 71 (September 14). The rock "Shark" is at left center and "Half Dome" is at right. Fine-scale textures on the rocks are clearly seen. Broken crust-like material is visible at bottom center.

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:
1997-09-28