PIA05476: Focus on El Capitan-3
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:  1021 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05476.tif (1.047 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05476.jpg (208.7 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." The region was in a shadow when the image was acquired. 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 approximately 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/US Geological Survey

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-02