PIA04995: First Color Image from Spirit
This is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  3498 x 3851 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04995.tif (25.55 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04995.jpg (1.089 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-06