PIA06356: Three Fresh Exposures, Enhanced Color

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spacecraft: Opportunity Instrument: Panoramic Camera Product Size: 1024 samples x 1024 lines Produced By: Cornell University Full-Res TIFF: PIA06356.tif (3.15 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA06356.jpg (289.1 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This enhanced-color panoramic camera image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features three holes created by the rock abrasion tool between sols 143 and 148 (June 18 and June 23, 2004) inside "Endurance Crater." The enhanced image makes the red colors a little redder and blue colors a little bluer, allowing viewers to see differences too subtle to be seen without the exaggeration. When compared with an approximately true color image, the tailings from the rock abrasion tool and the interior of the abraded holes are more prominent in this view. Being able to discriminate color variations helps scientists determine rocks' compositional differences and texture variations. This image was created using the 753-, 535- and 432-nanometer filters. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell