PIA05241: Inner Adirondack
This close-up image taken by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed Adirondack after a portion of its surface was ground off by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager 
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) 
 Product Size:  640 x 480 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05241.tif (198.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05241.jpg (27.85 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This close-up image taken by the microscopic imager onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed Adirondack after a portion of its surface was ground off by the rover's rock abrasion tool. The observed area is 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-09