PIA05548: Here-a-Hematite, There-a-Hematite

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spacecraft: Opportunity Instrument: Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer Panoramic Camera Product Size: 5155 samples x 786 lines Produced By: JPL Full-Res TIFF: PIA05548.tif (5.278 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA05548.jpg (488.5 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: These maps, created with data from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument located on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera mast assembly, show the hematite abundance as detected by the instrument from inside the crater at Opportunity's landing site. Hematite data was taken at infrared wavelengths to create these maps, which have been superimposed on images from the rover's navigation camera to provide the visual context of how the hematite is distributed across the martian surface. The hematite abundance has been color-coded, with blue showing relatively no abundance to red showing about 20 percent abundance. Each roughly circular spot represents a single observation by the instrument. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU