PIA05206: Mars in a Grain of Sand
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the patch of soil in a shallow crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager 
Navigation Camera 
Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1127 x 1111 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05206.tif (951.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05206.jpg (143.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image highlights the patch of soil examined by the rover's microscopic imager on the 10th day, or sol, of its mission. The outer image was taken by the rover's navigation camera, the middle image by the panoramic camera and the inner image by the microscopic imager. Opportunity is currently sitting 1 meter (3 feet) away from its now-empty lander in a shallow crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-04