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Similar to a geologist's hand lens, the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars
Exploration rovers is designed to image objects at a close distance (less
than a few centimeters) at very high resolution. On Sol 1890 (May 18, 2009)
the Opportunity rover used its microscopic imager camera to take a picture
of its underside. While out of focus (as expected for this distance), the
image does show the rover wheels (left middle and left rear), the ground
and the underbelly of Opportunity. This information may prove helpful for
extracting Spirit's wheels from the soft Martian soil it has encountered
and might be a way to see whether Spirit's belly pan is touching the rocks
beneath it.
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NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:
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2009-05-19
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