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PIA05288: Ground Inspection
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager
 Product Size:  512 x 512 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05288.tif (262.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05288.jpg (57.54 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit microscopic imager, an instrument located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or arm, shows a patch of soil at the target nicknamed "Squiggle Dunes." The rover imaged this area, which measures 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across, just before it drove 24.4 meters (80.1 feet) on the 39th sol of its journey.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-14