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PIA11856: Opportunity Examining Composition of 'Cook Islands' Outcrop

This image taken on March 13, 2009 by the front hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's arm extended to examine the composition of a rock using the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer.

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:	Opportunity
Instrument:	Hazcam
Product Size:	512 x 512 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA11856.tif (262.6 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA11856.jpg (32.94 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image taken by the front hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's arm extended to examine the composition of a rock using the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer.

Opportunity took this image during the 1,826th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's Mars-surface mission (March 13, 2009).

The spectrometer is at a target called "Penrhyn," on a rock called "Cook Islands." As Opportunity makes its way on a long journey from Victoria Crater toward Endeavour Crater, the team is stopping the drive occasionally on the route to check whether the rover finds a trend in the composition of rock exposures.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2009-03-23