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PIA05474: Focus on El Capitan

This image, taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a geological region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars dubbed 'El Capitan.' Light from the top is illuminating the region.

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:	Opportunity
Instrument:	Microscopic Imager
Product Size:	431 x 428 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA05474.tif (184.9 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA05474.jpg (31.96 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:: This image, taken by the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a geological region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars dubbed "El Capitan." Light from the top is illuminating the region. Several images, each showing a different part of this region in good focus, were merged to produce this view. The area in this image, taken on Sol 28 of the Opportunity mission, is 1.3 centimeters (half an inch) across.
Image Credit:: NASA/JPL/US Geological Survey
Image Addition Date:: 2004-03-02