PIA05325: Taking a Deeper Look
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager
Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  1508 x 853 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05325.tif (861.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05325.jpg (132.6 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars, after the rover dug a trench on sol 23 (February 16, 2004). Scientists used the microscopic imager, an instrument located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or "arm," to take a picture of the small patch of soil in the center of the trench wall. Here, that microscopic image has been overlaid to show where that patch of soil, which measures approximately 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across, is located.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-19