PIA05144: Meridiani Planum in Color
This color image in dark red hues shows the martian landscape at Meridiani Planum, where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity successfully landed. A portion of the rover is in the foreground.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  2319 x 2915 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05144.tif (13.43 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05144.jpg (514 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This color image shows the martian landscape at Meridiani Planum, where the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity successfully landed at 9:05 p.m. PST on Saturday. This is one of the first images beamed back to Earth from the rover shortly after it touched down. The image was captured by the rover's panoramic camera.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-25