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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This spectrum captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the presence of three different iron-bearing minerals in the soil at the rover's landing site. One mineral has been identified as olivine, a shiny green rock commonly found in lava.
PIA05112:
Mysterious Lava Mineral on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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A spectrum from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveals the different iron-containing minerals that makeup the martian rock dubbed Adirondack.
PIA05174:
Adirondack's Inner Self
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Moessbauer Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.'
PIA05197:
Moessbauer on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This spectrum of the soil at NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site, Meridiani Planum, shows the presence of the shiny green mineral called olivine also seen at the rover's landing site, Gusev Crater.
PIA05203:
Meridiani's Autograph
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of soil featuring round, blueberry-shaped rock formations on the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05274:
"Berries" on the Ground 2 (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of soil featuring round, blueberry-shaped rock formations on the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05275:
"Berries" on the Ground 2 (3-D)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.621 MB)     JPEG (190.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a circular imprint left in the Meridiani Planum soil by the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA05287:
Moessbauer Footprint in the Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Moessbauer Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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This close-up image of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows the donut-shaped plate on the Moessbauer spectrometer.
PIA05302:
Moessbauer Close-Up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This elevation map of a soil target called 'Peak' was created from images taken by the microscopic imager located on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's instrument deployment device or 'arm.'
PIA05303:
Map of Moessbauer Placement
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image, taken by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, reveals an imprint left on martian soil by another instrument, the Moessbauer spectrometer. The imprint is within the rover wheel track named 'Middle of Road.'
PIA05313:
Mark of the Moessbauer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the imprint of the donut-shaped plate on the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer instrument, located on rover's the 'arm.' The rover was investigating fine-grained soil for iron-bearing minerals.
PIA05327:
Moessbauer Nose Print
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This spectrum, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer, shows the presence of an iron-bearing mineral called jarosite in the collection of rocks dubbed 'El Capitan'
PIA05470:
Mineral Tells Tale of Watery Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This spectrum, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer, shows the presence of an iron-bearing mineral called jarosite in the collection of rocks dubbed 'El Capitan'
PIA05471:
Mineral Tells Tale of Watery Past-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows 'blueberries' discovered on Mars. They are spherules that are the abundant spherical hematite inclusions.
PIA05564:
Finding the 'Blueberry' Muffin Recipe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This graph shows spectra of outcrop regions near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. Blue line shows data which contains a handful of sphere-like grains dubbed 'blueberries'; yellow line represents an area devoid of berries.
PIA05587:
A Bowl of Hematite-Rich 'Berries'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This figure shows spectra taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer at various spots in 'Eagle Crater.' Top to bottom, the spectra represent soil measurements taken from the center of the crater and out to the rim.
PIA05640:
Keepers of the Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image of the soil target, informally called 'Punaluu' after the black sand beaches of Hawaii, was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager during the rover's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey.
PIA05647:
'Punaluu' Under the Microscope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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The image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features small grains one millimeter (0.04 inch) or less in size and somewhat lighter in color than those in other soil units observed in Eagle Crater.
PIA05650:
'Vanilla' Under the Microscope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This graph shows that the rock dubbed 'Bounce' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing region at Meridiani Planum is not made up of the same minerals as surrounding soil.
PIA05750:
'Bounce': Not Like the Others
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This graph compares the spectrum of 'Bounce,' a rock at Meridiani Planum, to that of a martian meteorite found on Earth called Shergotty.
PIA05751:
'Bounce' and Shergotty Share Common Ground
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
PIA06314:
Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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Sampling Martian Soil
PIA06881:
Sampling Martian Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover microscopic imager onboard Spirit revealed a gap less than half an inch in the imprint left behind in the soil. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA06882:
Sampling Martian Soil (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Water-Signature Mineral Found by Spirit
PIA07104:
Water-Signature Mineral Found by Spirit
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