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PIA07018: 'Lutefisk' Rock
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera
 Product Size:  1248 x 1000 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07018.tif (1.25 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07018.jpg (180.2 kB)

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Figure 1

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its panoramic camera to take this image of a rock called "Lutefisk" on the rover's 286th martian day (Oct. 22, 2004). The surface of the rock is studded with rounded granules of apparently more-resistant material up to several millimeters (0.1 inch) or more across. The visible portion of Lutefisk is about 25 centimeters (10 inches) across.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-11-04