PIA05911: A Lion of a Stone
This approximate true-color image of the rock called 'Lion Stone' was acquired by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera on May 9, 2004.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05911.tif (2.703 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05911.jpg (153.1 kB)  

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This approximate true-color image of the rock called "Lion Stone" was acquired by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera on sol 104 (May 9, 2004). The rock stands about 10 centimeters tall (about 4 inches) and is about 30 centimeters long (12 inches). Plans for the coming sols include investigating the rock with the spectrometers on the rover's instrument arm.

This image was generated using the camera's L2 (750-nanometer), L5 (530-nanometer) and L6 (480-nanometer) filters.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-05-13