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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gained this view of its own heat shield on Dec. 22, 2004. The main structure from the shield is to the far left. Additional fragments of the heat shield are seen. The heat shield's impact mark is visible.
PIA07157:
Heat Shield Impact Site
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity caught this view of the main piece of the spacecraft's heat shield on Dec. 25, 2004 on Mars. A separation spring can be seen on the ground to the lower left side of the heat shield.
PIA07188:
Heat Shield's Main Piece
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a portion of the heat shield that the spacecraft jettisoned shortly before landing. This flank piece broke off from the main piece of the heat shield upon impact.
PIA07189:
Heat Shield Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera for this view of the flank piece of the spacecraft's heat shield on the rover's 332nd martian day, or sol (Dec. 29, 2004).
PIA07190:
Closing in on Heat Shield
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This image taken on Dec. 23, 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows remains of the heat shield that protected the spacecraft as it barreled through the martian atmosphere.
PIA07223:
Opportunity's Heat Shield in Color, Sol 325
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This image taken on Jan. 2, 2005 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows remains of the heat shield that protected the spacecraft as it barreled through the martian atmosphere.
PIA07224:
Opportunity's Heat Shield in Color, Sol 335
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This false-color image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity taken Jan. 31, 2008 shows bedrock within a stratigraphic layer dubbed 'Gilbert' after the rover examined a bright band around the inside of Victoria Crater.
PIA10239:
Opportunity View of 'Gilbert' Layer (False Color)
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On Jan. 6, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found an iron meteorite on Mars, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The pitted, basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and nickel.
PIA07269:
Iron Meteorite on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity compares the dust that accumulated on the calibration camera on Feb. 16, 2004 and Jan. 13, 2005. The the surfaces had become only mildly dusty compared to shortly after landing.
PIA07302:
Dust on Mars: Before and After (Opportunity)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looked at its tracks on martian soil as it left the home it has known for over 200 sols. The rover spent 181 sols inside 'Endurance Crater,' furthering our knowledge of ancient water on Mars.
PIA07310:
Looking Back Across the Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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On Dec. 18, 2004, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was on its way from 'Endurance Crater' toward the spacecraft's jettisoned heat shield when the navigation camera took the images combined into this 360-degree panorama.
PIA07317:
Opportunity's View After Sol 321 Drive
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was on its way from 'Endurance Crater' toward the spacecraft's jettisoned heat shield in this anaglyph. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07318:
Opportunity's View After Sol 321 Drive (3-D)
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On Dec. 18, 2004, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was on its way from 'Endurance Crater' toward the spacecraft's jettisoned heat shield when the navigation camera took the images combined into this 360-degree polar projection.
PIA07319:
Opportunity's View After Sol 321 Drive (Polar)
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On Dec. 18, 2004, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was on its way from 'Endurance Crater' toward the spacecraft's jettisoned heat shield when the navigation camera took the images combined into this 360-degree vertical projection.
PIA07320:
Opportunity's View After Sol 321 Drive (Vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this view of its heat shield debris field on Jan. 14, 2005. The main piece of the heat shield is seen, with the smaller flank piece behind it and the divot caused by the impact.
PIA07321:
Opportunity's View on Sol 347
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this polar projection of its heat shield debris field on Jan. 14, 2005. The main piece of the heat shield is seen, with the smaller flank piece behind it and the divot caused by the impact.
PIA07322:
Opportunity's View on Sol 347 (Polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this vertical projection of its heat shield debris field on Jan. 14, 2005. The main piece of the heat shield is seen, with the smaller flank piece behind it and the divot caused by the impact.
PIA07323:
Opportunity's View on Sol 347 (Vertical)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this 360-degree panorama on Jan. 21, 2005. On the far right is a basketball-size rock dubbed 'Heat Shield Rock,' which Opportunity's inspection identified as an iron-nickel meteorite.
PIA07324:
Opportunity's View on Sol 354
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this 360-degree panorama on Jan. 21, 2005. This polar projection includes the debris and impact divot from Opportunity's heat shield. The rim of 'Endurance Crater' is visible on the horizon.
PIA07325:
Opportunity's View on Sol 354 (Polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this 360-degree panorama on Jan. 21, 2005. This vertical projection includes the debris and impact divot from Opportunity's heat shield. The rim of 'Endurance Crater' is visible on the horizon.
PIA07326:
Opportunity's View on Sol 354 (Vertical)
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This image was acquired shortly after Opportunity arrived to investigate the site where its heat shield hit the ground south of 'Endurance Crater.' The main heat shield piece reveals its metallic insulation layer, glinting in the sunlight.
PIA07327:
Impressive Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image taken on Dec. 19 and 20, 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the downward-looking view omits the mast on which the camera is mounted. It shows Opportunity's solar panels to be relatively dust-free.
PIA07372:
Opportunity Self-Portrait, Sols 322-323
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveals the scene of the rover's heat shield impact that protected it while hurtling through the martian atmosphere. This image was taken on Dec. 19, 2004.
PIA07401:
Opportunity's Heat Shield Scene
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This image taken on Dec. 28, 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features an up-close view of the flank piece of the rover's broken heat shield laying on the red soil of martian terrain.
PIA07403:
Heat Shield Flank Close Up
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the remains of its heat shield, broken into two key pieces, the main piece on the left side and a broken-off flank piece. The heat shield impact site is identified by the circle of red dust.
PIA07402:
Heat Shield in Pieces
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This image taken on Jan. 6, 2005 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the seal on the rover's protective heat shield. Engineers evaluated the performance of the protective shell's seal during a 36-sol investigation.
PIA07404:
Studying the Heat Shield's Seal
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features a cross section through the structure and thermal protection system of the its heat shield. Six separation fittings were used to join and separate the heat shield from the backshell.
PIA07405:
A Slice of the Heat Shield
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took a detailed look at what was once the exterior of its heat shield. Hitting the martian surface inverted the heat shield, making it difficult to photograph the outside.
PIA07406:
Exterior of Opportunity Heat Shield, Sol 344
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this view of its surroundings on Feb. 24, 2005. Opportunity had reached the eastern edge of a small crater dubbed 'Naturaliste,' seen in the right foreground.
PIA07411:
'Naturaliste' Crater, Opportunity SOl 387
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On Feb. 24, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had driven about 73 meters (240 feet) and reached the eastern edge of a small crater dubbed 'Naturaliste,' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07412:
'Naturaliste' Crater, Opportunity SOl 387 (3-D)
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This polar projection shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view of its surroundings on Feb. 24, 2005. Opportunity had reached the eastern edge of a small crater dubbed 'Naturaliste,' seen in the right foreground.
PIA07413:
'Naturaliste' Crater, Opportunity SOl 387 (polar)
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This vertical projection shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view of its surroundings on Feb. 24, 2005. Opportunity had reached the eastern edge of a small crater dubbed 'Naturaliste,' seen in the right foreground.
PIA07414:
'Naturaliste' Crater, Opportunity SOl 387 (vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This cylindrical projection shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view of its surroundings on Feb. 19, 2005. Opportunity had reached the eastern edge of a small crater dubbed 'Naturaliste,' seen in the right foreground.
PIA07428:
Record Drive Day, Opportunity Sol 383
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On Feb. 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity set a one-day distance record for martian driving; Opportunity rolled 177.5 meters (582 feet) across the plain of Meridiani. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07429:
Record Drive Day, Opportunity Sol 383 (3-D)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity set a one-day distance record for martian driving which began on Feb. 19, 2005. Opportunity rolled across the plain of Meridiani on that sol. This is a polar projection.
PIA07430:
Record Drive Day, Opportunity Sol 383 (polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity set a one-day distance record for martian driving which began on Feb. 19, 2005. Opportunity rolled across the plain of Meridiani on that sol. This is a vertical projection.
PIA07431:
Record Drive Day, Opportunity Sol 383 (vertical)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this 360-degree panorama in 2005 after Opportunity had driven 64 meters (209 feet) on sol 381 to arrive at this location close to a small crater dubbed 'Alvin.'
PIA07444:
Opportunity's View, Sol 381
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity arrived at this location close to a small crater dubbed 'Alvin' on Feb. 18 & 19, 2005. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07445:
Opportunity's View, Sol 381 (3-D)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this 360-degree panorama in 2005 after Opportunity had driven 64 meters (209 feet) on sol 381 to arrive at this location close to a small crater dubbed 'Alvin.' This image is a polar projection.
PIA07446:
Opportunity's View, Sol 381 (Polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this 360-degree panorama in 2005 after Opportunity had driven 64 meters (209 feet) on sol 381 to arrive at this location close to a small crater dubbed 'Alvin.' This image is a vertical projection.
PIA07447:
Opportunity's View, Sol 381 (Vertical)
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During this period, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit covered about 80 meters (262 feet) in its climb toward 'Cumberland Ridge' in the 'Columbia Hills.' The terrain shown has many rocks.
PIA07448:
Spirit Drive Animation, Sols 365 to 390 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took the images combined into this 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings onMarch 6, 2005. Opportunity had completed a drive of 124 meters (407 feet) across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region
PIA07460:
Opportunity View on Sol 397
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On Feb. 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had completed a drive of 124 meters (407 feet) across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07461:
Opportunity View on Sol 397 (3-D)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this polar projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 6, 2005. Opportunity had completed a drive across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region.
PIA07462:
Opportunity View on Sol 397 (polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on the 397th martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (March 6, 2005).
PIA07463:
Opportunity View on Sol 397 (vertical)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this cylindrical projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 6, 2005. Opportunity had completed a drive across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region.
PIA07464:
Opportunity View on Sol 398
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On Mar. 7, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove 35 meters (115 feet) toward 'Vostok Crater' that sol before taking images. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07465:
Opportunity View on Sol 398 (3-D)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this polar projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 7, 2005. Opportunity had completed a drive across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region.
PIA07466:
Opportunity View on Sol 398 (polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this vertical projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 7, 2005. Opportunity had completed a drive across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region.
PIA07467:
Opportunity View on Sol 398 (vertical)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this cylindrical projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 8, 2005 at Vostok Crater. Much of the crater is buried in sand.
PIA07468:
Beside 'Vostok Crater'
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On Mar. 8, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove 95 meters (312 feet) toward 'Vostok Crater' that sol before taking images. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA07469:
Beside 'Vostok Crater' (3-D)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this polar projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 8, 2005 at Vostok Crater. Much of the crater is buried in sand.
PIA07470:
Beside 'Vostok Crater' (polar)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this vertical projection 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on March 8, 2005 at Vostok Crater. Much of the crater is buried in sand.
PIA07471:
Beside 'Vostok Crater' (vertical)
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This picture from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is a mosaic of a target called 'Gagarin' on a rock referred to as 'Yuri.' A circle from which the tool's wire brush has scoured dust off the rock surface is evident.
PIA07480:
Looking Closely at 'Yuri'
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On March 31,2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove toward a small crater called 'Viking.' This is a cylindrical view of the rover's surroundings.
PIA07823:
Opportunity's View of 'Viking' Crater, Sol 421
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This mosaic from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, presented in a vertical projection, shows the rover's position after it dug itself to wheel-hub depth in a small elongated dune on April 26, 2005.
PIA07922:
Opportunity's Sol 446 Position, with Relative Heights
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The left front wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity made slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this image taken by the rover's front hazard identification camera over a period of several days.
PIA07983:
Slow Progress in Dune (Left Front Wheel) Animation Icon
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The right front wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity made slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this image taken by the rover's front hazard identification camera over a period of several days.
PIA07984:
Slow Progress in Dune (Right Front Wheel) Animation Icon
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The right rear wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity made slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this image taken by the rover's front hazard identification camera over a period of several days.
PIA07985:
Slow Progress in Dune (Right Rear Wheel) Animation Icon
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The left rear wheel of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity made slow but steady progress through soft dune material in this image taken by the rover's front hazard identification camera over a period of several days.
PIA07986:
Slow Progress in Dune (Left Rear Wheel) Animation Icon
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On April 29, 2005, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity woke up approximately an hour after sunset and took this picture of the fading twilight as the stars began to come out. Set against the fading red glow of the sky, is the pale dot of Earth.
PIA07228:
Earth as Seen from Mars
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The wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity dug deep into the soft, sandy material of a wind-shaped ripple in Mars' Meridiani Planum region on April 26, 2005. Getting the rover out of the dunes took more than five weeks.
PIA07999:
Looking Back at 'Purgatory Dune'
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This panoramic image, dubbed 'Rub al Khali,' was acquired by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the plains of Meridiani during the period from the May 6 to May 14, 2005. Opportunity was at a place known informally as 'Purgatory Dune.'
PIA07216:
Opportunity's 'Rub al Khali' Panorama
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reached an outcrop in August 2005 and began investigating exposures of sedimentary rocks, intriguing rind-like features that appear to cap the rocks, and cobbles that dot the martian surface locally.
PIA04158:
Rind-Like Features at a Meridiani Outcrop
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On Aug 6, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this image showing rounded concretions dubbed 'blueberries.' A drill hole cut into a martian rock nicknamed 'Ice Cream' by the rover's rock abrasion tool is also shown.
PIA04168:
Mars Rocks Continue to Fascinate
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On Aug 9, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity after the rover had ground a hole in the rock called 'Ice Cream' and conducted various scientific experiments, it took this final microscopic image of the hole before driving away.
PIA04169:
Mars Climate Continues to Fascinate
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After months spent crossing a sea of rippled sands, NASA's Opportunity rover reached an outcrop in August 2005 and began investigating exposures of sedimentary rocks, intriguing rind-like features that appear to cap the rocks.
PIA04189:
Rind-Like Features at a Meridiani Outcrop
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On Aug. 22, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, captured the nature of the outcrop rocks that the rover is encountering on its southward journey across the martian plains to 'Erebus Crater.'
PIA04195:
Opportunity Examines Cracks and Coatings on Mars Rocks
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This view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows fractured blocks of ancient sedimentary rock separated by sand dunes.
PIA06009:
Heading South on 'Erebus Highway'
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This is a mosaic of Erebus Crater, assembled from some of the images taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the rover's 590th sol (Sept. 21, 2005).
PIA06341:
'Erebus Crater' on the Horizon
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This image, taken Oct. 9, 2005 by NASA's rover Opportunity, is a portion of a mosaic that highlights the light-toned outcrop on the rim of 'Erebus Crater' and large, dark, wind-deposited drifts that have filled the center of the crater.
PIA03065:
Dodging the Drifts
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These four images were taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 3 and 4, 2005, before and after using the rock abrasion tool on sol 633 to grind into a rock target dubbed 'Kalavrita.'
PIA03202:
A Closer Look at 'Kalavrita'
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These images were acquired by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in 2005. The view looks towards the east, covering a large wind-blown ripple called 'Scylla' other nearby ripples and patches of brighter rock strewn with dark cobbles.
PIA03576:
Windblown Ripple 'Scylla'
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This chart illustrates the variation in available solar power for each of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers over the course of approximately two Mars years showing the number of Martian days (sols) after the Jan. 4, 2004 landing of Spirit.
PIA03607:
Solar Power on Mars
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This graph shows the effects of those panel-cleaning events on the amount of electricity generated by Spirit's solar panels showing the number of Martian days (sols) after the Jan. 4, 2004 landing of Spirit.
PIA03608:
Solar-Panel Dust Accumulation and Cleanings
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This view from the NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows an outcrop called 'Olympia' along the northwestern margin of 'Erebus' crater. A dry cracked surface a broad expanse of sulfate-rich sedimentary rocks.
PIA03621:
Opportunity's 'Olympia' Panorama
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The center upper portion of this image shows a portion of the rim of 'Erebus Crater' in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars. This approximately true-color view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was acquired on Nov. 28, 2005.
PIA03622:
Rim of 'Erebus'
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Synthetic image of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover inside 'Endurance Crater' produced using 'Virtual Presence in Space' technology.
PIA03240:
Opportunity Inside 'Endurance Crater' (Simulated)
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Synthetic image of the Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover inside on 'Burns Cliff' produced using 'Virtual Presence in Space' technology.
PIA03241:
Opportunity on 'Burns Cliff' (Simulated)
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This is the Opportunity panoramic camera's 'Erebus Rim' panorama, acquired on sols 652 to 663 (Nov. 23 to Dec. 5, 2005 ), as NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was exploring sand dunes and outcrop rocks in Meridiani Planum.
PIA03270:
On the Rim of 'Erebus'
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This view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rover's 652nd through 663rd Martian days, or sols (Nov. 23 to Dec. 5, 2005), at the edge of 'Erebus Crater.'
PIA03271:
Bird's-Eye View of Opportunity at 'Erebus' (Polar)
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This view combines frames taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 23 to Dec. 5, 2005, at the edge of 'Erebus Crater.' The view here shows outcrop rocks, sand dunes, and other features.
PIA03273:
Bird's-Eye View of Opportunity at 'Erebus' (Vertical)
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This image from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the best examples yet seen in Meridiani Planum outcrop rocks of well-preserved, fine-scale layering and what geologists call 'cross-lamination.'
PIA03279:
'Festoon' Pattern in Meridiani Outcrop
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This stereo view shows the landscape surrounding NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at the edge of 'Erebus Crater.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03695:
Erebus Panorama in Stereo
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In January 2006, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team adopted a new strategy for carrying Opportunity's robotic arm (the instrument deployment device with its turret of four tools at the end) when the rover is driving.
PIA02156:
Opportunity's Arm in 'Hover-Stow' Position
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This image mosaic from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows detailed structure of a small fin-like structure dubbed 'Roosevelt,' which sticks out from the outcrop pavement at the edge of 'Erebus Crater,' taken on Feb. 8, 2006.
PIA02186:
Revealing Roosevelt
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The panoramic camera aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired this panorama of the 'Payson' outcrop on the western edge of 'Erebus' Crater during Opportunity's sol 744 (Feb. 26, 2006).
PIA02695:
'Payson' Panorama in False Color
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The panoramic camera aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired this panorama of the 'Payson' outcrop on the western edge of 'Erebus' Crater during Opportunity's sol 744 (Feb. 26, 2006).
PIA02696:
'Payson' Panorama by Opportunity
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This view shows a portion of the outcrop named 'Bosque,' including rover wheel tracks, fractured and finely-layered outcrop rocks and smaller, dark cobbles littered across the surface
PIA08084:
Paved Path for Opportunity
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues to cut southward across a plain marked by large sand ripples and a pavement of outcrop rock. This image was taken on Opportunity's sol 795, April 19, 2006.
PIA08424:
Rolling Ripple
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This pair of images from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity served as initial confirmation that the two-year-old rover was within sight of 'Victoria Crater,' which it has been approaching for more than a year.
PIA08446:
Stretched View Showing 'Victoria'
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This view was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on April 27, 2006, as it continued to traverse from Erebus Crater toward Victoria Crater, the rover navigated along exposures of bedrock between large, wind-blown ripples.
PIA08466:
Cobbles in Troughs Between Meridiani Ripples (False Color)
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This panoramic view was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on April 27, 2006, as it continued to traverse from Erebus Crater toward Victoria Crater, the rover navigated along exposures of bedrock between large, wind-blown ripples.
PIA08467:
Cobbles in Troughs Between Meridiani Ripples
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This composite shows the view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in the direction of 'Victoria Crater,' on May 12, 2006. To reach Victoria Crater he rover had to navigate among the large ripples visible on the left and ahead in the distance.
PIA08480:
Opportunity's Outcrop Outing
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As NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traversing southward toward 'Victoria Crater' in May, 2006, it periodically stopping to characterize exposed bedrock, using the contact instrument suite on the robotic arm.
PIA08499:
Close-Up of 'Cheyenne'
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This image illustrates the recent escape of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from dangerous, loose material on the vast plains leading to the rover's next long-term target, 'Victoria Crater' during the rover's drive May-June, 2006.
PIA08530:
Opportunity Rolls Free Again (Right Front Wheel) Animation Icon
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This image illustrates the recent escape of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from dangerous, loose material on the vast plains leading to the rover's next long-term target, 'Victoria Crater' during the rover's drive May-June, 2006.
PIA08531:
Opportunity Rolls Free Again (Left Front Wheel) Animation Icon
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This image illustrates the recent escape of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from dangerous, loose material on the vast plains leading to the rover's next long-term target, 'Victoria Crater' during the rover's drive May-June, 2006.
PIA08532:
Opportunity Rolls Free Again (Four Wheels) Animation Icon
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On May 20, 2006, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity stopped for the weekend to place its instrument arm onto the soil target pictured here, dubbed 'Alamogordo Creek' highlighting differences among materials in rocks and soil.
PIA08543:
A Peek into 'Alamogordo Creek'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured a sweeping stereo image of 'Burns Cliff' after driving right to the base of this southeastern portion of the inner wall of 'Endurance Crater' in November 2004. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA08578:
'Burns Cliff' in Color Stereo
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