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PIA05548: Here-a-Hematite, There-a-Hematite
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- Original Caption Released with Image:
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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:
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NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
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