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PIA05457: El Capitan
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the 'El Capitan' region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. On the bottom is the view obtained from the 'Alpha' waypoint station.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1661 x 1400 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05457.tif (5.975 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05457.jpg (551.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera shows the "El Capitan" region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. On the bottom is the view obtained from the "Alpha" waypoint station on Sol 18 of Opportunity's mission. On the top is the view obtained after the rover had moved to "Bravo" waypoint station on Sol 19. This image is a false-color composite using the red, green and blue filters.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-26