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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
PIA07102:
Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
THEMIS
THEMIS
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This image shows the abundance and location of the mineral grey hematite at NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site, Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05154:
Targeting a Hematite-rich Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the rock dubbed 'Bounce' at Meridiani Planum, Mars, which may have been thrown onto the plains during an impact that formed a crater (arrow) located SE of Opportunity's landing site.
PIA05760:
Flung Far from Home
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
THEMIS
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Victoria Crater is the most prominent circle near the upper left corner of this image from NASA's Mar Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA11185:
Bigger Crater Farther South of 'Victoria' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This illustration shows the locations of the various magnets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, which are: its front side, or chest; its back, near the color calibration target; and on its rock abrasion tool.
PIA05511:
Rover Magnets All Around
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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These graphs show the infrared light signatures, or spectra, of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' before and after it was brushed clean with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05677:
"Mazatzal" Vs. "Humphrey"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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Daisy in Full Bloom on
PIA11384:
Daisy in Full Bloom on "Mazatzal" (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05027:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05028:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This panoramic image of the 3.1 millimeter-deep (just over one-tenth of an inch) hole ground by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rock abrasion tool in the target called 'Mojo 2' on 'Flatrock' was taken on the 44th martian day.
PIA05521:
Focus on "Flatrock"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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The red marks in this image, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera, indicate holes made by the rover's rock abrasion tool, located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.'
PIA05513:
"Hole" Lotta Grindin' Going On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the results of grinding of its first target with the rock abrasion tool. The grinding process at 'McKittrick' generated a significant amount of fine-grained, reddish dust.
PIA05510:
Messy Grind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the results of the second drilling by the rock abrasion tool. The drilling took place on a target called 'Guadalupe' in the 'El Capitan' region of the Meridiani Planum, Mars, rock outcrop.
PIA05509:
Seeing Red at Guadalupe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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In this false-color image NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock dubbed 'Humphrey' and the hole drilled into the rock by the rover. Spirit ground into the rock with the rock abrasion tool located on its robotic arm.
PIA05501:
A Hole In Humphrey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows its rock abrasion tool after it had ground off the surface of a patch 1.8 inches in diameter on a rock called Adirondack; history's first grinding of a rock on Mars.
PIA05223:
First Grinding of a Rock on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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The round, shallow depression in this image resulted from history's first grinding of a rock on Mars. The rock abrasion tool on NASA's Spirit rover ground off the surface of a patch 1.8 inches in diameter on a rock called Adirondack.
PIA05239:
Spirit's First Grinding of a Rock on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This view from NASA's Opportunity rover shows a rock collection dubbed 'El Capitan' near its landing site, located within a larger outcrop nicknamed 'Opportunity Ledge.'
PIA05338:
Plotting and Scheming
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera is an approximate true-color rendering of the exceptional rock called 'Berry Bowl' in the 'Eagle Crater' outcrop.
PIA05634:
Discovery Served Up in a Bowl
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This microscopic image was created after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit completed a second grind with its rock abrasion tool at the target 'New York' on the rock named 'Mazatzal.'
PIA05667:
Rock Bites into "Bounce"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows the hole drilled by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rock abrasion tool into the rock dubbed 'Bounce.' The tool drilled about 7 mm into the rock and generated small piles of 'tailings' or rock dust around the central hole.
PIA05671:
Bounce Rock Dimple
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' with its rock abrasion tool. The picture shows the untouched rock, which is covered in a light-toned coating and red dust particles.
PIA05682:
Step 1: Choose a Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' with its rock abrasion tool. The exposed, dark surface is a second coating beneath a top white veneer.
PIA05683:
Step 2: Clean the Areas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' Dark grey coating is seen after brushing remains on the right side of the hole, while the left side is the underlying basaltic rock.
PIA05684:
Step 3: Grind the Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows two flat-topped, layered rocks with angular edges almost side by side, except they are separated by a smaller rock and two thin channels of reddish-brown sand. The bare rock surfaces are a light blue-gray.
PIA02686:
Spirit Studies Rock Outcrop at 'Home Plate'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05029:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit-3
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's rock abrasion tool, also known as 'rat' (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.'
PIA05195:
Microscope on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-11 Phobos Mars Express (MEX)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC)
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Taking advantage of extra solar energy collected during the day, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit settled in for an evening of stargazing, photographing the two moons of Mars as they crossed the night sky in this image taken in 2005.
PIA06335:
Phobos Viewed from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Panoramic Camera
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
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This frame from an animation shows a hypothetical flyover above Victoria Crater, where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is perched on a rim.
PIA09687:
Surveying the Scene Above Opportunity (Simulation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This 3-dimensional model shows a region of the outcrop near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site dubbed 'Last Chance.' The model was created with images taken by the rover's panoramic camera.
PIA05503:
Rare Glance at "Last Chance"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-08 Sol (our sun) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The panoramic camera on NASA's Opportunity combines the first photographs of solar eclipses by Mars' two moons, Deimos and Phobos. Deimos appears as a speck in front of the Sun and Phobos grazes its edge.
PIA05518:
Martian Eclipses: Deimos and Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Spirit used its panoramic camera to capture this view of the rocky terrain just to the left of straight ahead after finishing a drive to the northeast on March 5, 2004.
PIA05516:
Front Windshield after Sol 61 Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image mosaic from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the distant horizon from Opportunity's position inside a small crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05514:
Opportunity's Heatshield on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image composite highlights a close-up of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 'sweep' magnet the dark ring that collects magnetic airborne particles which scientists use to study the origins of dust in the atmosphere.
PIA05512:
Martian Dust Mostly Magnetic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the outcrop that sits just inside the small crater where the rover landed. The region dubbed 'El Capitan,' is where scientists gained their first clues to the outcrop's watery past.
PIA05508:
Spotlight on "El Capitan"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's rock abrasion tool before and after it ground into a rock at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The red dust coating on the instrument is thought to be a form of the mineral hematite.
PIA05505:
You Dirty Rat!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The rust color of the Martian landscape is apparent in this low-resolution thumbnail image taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. This image is part of a larger image currently stored onboard the rover in its memory.
PIA04990:
Seeing Rust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The bright white dot in this image taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is the Sun, used to help point the rover's high-gain antenna toward Earth. The inset shows the Sun magnified five times.
PIA04994:
Facing the Sun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet.
PIA04995:
First Color Image from Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image highlights streaks or tails of loose debris in the martian soil, which reveal the direction of prevailing winds. The picture was taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
PIA04996:
Windtails Show Direction of Martian Winds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The smooth surfaces of angular and rounded rocks seen in this image of the martian terrain may have been polished by wind-blown debris. The picture was taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
PIA04997:
Wind-polished rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The smooth surfaces of angular and rounded rocks seen in this image of the martian terrain may be the result of wind-polishing debris. The picture was taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
PIA04998:
Spirit's Airbags Leave Trail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This is a portion of the first color image captured by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. taken in 2004.
PIA05003:
Martian Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Dust-covered rocks can be seen in this portion of the 3D image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05005:
Shrouded in Dust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This segment of the first color image from the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover's airbag trails (upper left). These depressions in the soil were made when the airbags were deflated and retracted after landing.
PIA05006:
Airbag Trails-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This segment of the first color image from the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover's airbag trails. These depressions in the soil were made when the airbags were deflated and retracted after landing.
PIA05007:
Airbag Trails
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Martian terrain is seen in this 3-D image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05008:
Mars in Stereo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This color postcard from Mars, taken on Sol 5 by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, looks to the north. The apparent slope of the horizon is due to the several-degree tilt of the lander deck.
PIA05015:
Martian Surface at an Angle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This DVD carries nearly 4 million names collected by NASA in the 'Send Your Name to Mars' project as well as various student activities. It traveled to Mars in 2004 onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
PIA05016:
Students, Public Connect with Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image of the martian sundial onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was processed by students in the Red Rover Goes to Mars program to impose hour markings on the face of the dial.
PIA05017:
What Time is it on Mars?
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Panoramic Camera
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Two views of a sundial called the MarsDial are seen in this image taken on Mars in 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The calibration instruments, positioned on solar panels of both Spirit and Opportunity, are tools for scientists and educators
PIA05018:
Sundial Lands on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Nestled atop an electronics module on a lander side petal of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, a miniature American flag accompanies a patch bearing the names and signatures of U.S. officials including George W. Bush and Sean O'Keefe.
PIA05034:
America On Board
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-10 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's shows a slice of martian real estate southwest of the rover's landing site. The landscape shows little variation in local topography, though a narrow peak is visible on the horizon.
PIA05036:
New Real Estate on Mars
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Panoramic Camera
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This image mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera shows the hills southeast of Spirit's landing site. At left, the late morning martian hours, looking toward the Sun. At right, in early afternoon, when the Sun was higher.
PIA05037:
Hazy Martian Skies
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Panoramic Camera
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This image shows the Sun as it appears on Mars throughout the day. Scientists monitor the dimming of the setting Sun to assess how much dust is in the martian atmosphere. The pictures were taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera.
PIA05041:
Martian Sunsets More Than Just Pretty
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Panoramic Camera
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This image taken on Mars by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover's color calibration target, also known as the MarsDial.
PIA05042:
True Colors of Mars
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Panoramic Camera
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A three-dimensional color model created using data from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover's panoramic camera shows images of airbag drag marks on the martian surface.
PIA05047:
Landing Trail in 3-D
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Panoramic Camera
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This color image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was processed to produce a sharper look at a trail left by the one of rover's airbags. The drag mark was made after the rover landed and its airbags were deflated and retracted.
PIA05048:
Airbag Trail Dubbed "Magic Carpet"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This is a medium-resolution version of the first 360-degree panoramic view of the martian surface, taken on Mars by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera. Part of the spacecraft can be seen in the lower corner regions.
PIA05049:
Mars in Full View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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The arrows in this 360-degree panoramic view of the martian surface identify hills and craters on the martian horizon taken on Mars by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
PIA05058:
Hills Over Yonder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera shows in superb detail a portion of the puzzling rock outcropping showing layered rocks thought to be either volcanic ash deposits or sediments carried by water or wind.
PIA05060:
Opportunity Rocks!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows in superb detail a portion of the puzzling rock outcropping the rover investigated.
PIA05160:
Opportunity Rocks!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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In the distance stand the east hills, which are closest to NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in comparison to other hill ranges seen on the martian horizon.
PIA05061:
In the Far East
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This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit highlights the first patch of soil examined by the rover's microscopic imager. The rover can be seen to the right.
PIA05094:
First Patch of Probed Soil
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This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit before it rolled off the lander shows the rocky surface of Mars. The lander's deflated airbags can be seen in the foreground.
PIA05102:
Rocks: Windows to History of Mars-2
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows 'Adirondack,' the rover's first target rock. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football-sized rock on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004.
PIA05104:
"They of the Great Rocks"
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows 'Adirondack,' the rover's first target rock. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football-sized rock on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004.
PIA05105:
"They of the Great Rocks"-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows 'Adirondack,' the rover's first target rock. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football-sized rock on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004.
PIA05106:
"They of the Great Rocks"-3
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This image was taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit before it rolled off the lander shows the rocky surface of Mars in 2004.
PIA05108:
Rocks: Windows to History of Mars
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the region containing the patch of soil scientists examined at Gusev Crater just after Spirit rolled off the Columbia Memorial Station. Rocks are strewn on Mars' red surface.
PIA05116:
The Mystery Soil
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover's landing site, the Columbia Memorial Station, at Gusev Crater, Mars. A portion of Spirit's solar panels appear in the foreground.
PIA05117:
Empty Nest
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The image on the left is a computer-generated model of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander at Gusev Crater. On right is an actual image of the lander on Mars taken Jan. 19, 2004, by the camera onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA05135:
View from above Landing Site
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This high-resolution image shows a computer-generated model of Spirit's lander at Gusev Crater as engineers and scientists would have expected to see it from a perfect overhead view.
PIA05136:
Behold Spirit
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This 3-D image combines computer-generated models of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and its lander with real surface data from the rover's panoramic camera. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05137:
On Its Own
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's first breathtaking views of the martian landscape after its successful landing at Meridiani Planum on Mars.
PIA05140:
Meridiani Planum Soil
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's first views of the martian soil were in shadows after its successful landing at Meridiani Planum on Mars.
PIA05141:
Meridiani Planum Soil-2
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a grainy image where the rover's airbags left impressions in the martian soil. The drag marks were made after the rover successfully landed at Meridiani Planum and its airbags were retracted.
PIA05142:
Airbag Impressions in Soil
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows where the rover's airbag seams left impressions in the martian soil. The drag marks were made after the rover successfully landed at Meridiani Planum and its airbags were retracted.
PIA05143:
Airbag Seams Leave Trails
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This color image in dark red hues shows the martian landscape at Meridiani Planum, where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity successfully landed. A portion of the rover is in the foreground.
PIA05144:
Meridiani Planum in Color
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the view of the martian landscape southwest of the rover. The image was taken in the late martian afternoon at Meridiani Planum on Mars
PIA05149:
A Curious Landscape
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The interior of a crater in red hues showing a mixture of coarse gray grains and fine reddish grains surrounding NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum on Mars;
PIA05152:
A Hole in One
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This three-dimensional model superimposes NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on one of its potential targets, a scientific treasure chest of martian rocks contained within the landing site, a crater on Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05157:
A Precious Opportunity
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This sweeping look at the unusual rock outcropping near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05158:
Not of this Earth
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the flat and dark terrain of its landing site at Meridiani Planum.
PIA05159:
Shades and Shapes of Mars
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Circular shapes seen on the martian surface in these images are 'footprints' left by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's airbags during landing as the spacecraft gently rolled to a stop.
PIA05161:
Airbag Tracks on Mars
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights a portion of a puzzling reddish hue rock outcropping thought to be either volcanic ash deposits or sediments carried by water or wind.
PIA05162:
Opportunity Rocks Again!
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights a portion of a puzzling reddish hue rock outcropping thought to be either volcanic ash deposits or sediments carried by water or wind.
PIA05163:
A Geologist's Treasure Trove
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A 3-D topographic map shows the martian crater cradling NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05172:
A Unique Opportunity
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A 3-D topographic map shows the martian crater cradling NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05173:
An Intimate Look at a Martian Crater
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An overhead look at the martian rock dubbed Adirondack captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit where the rover's microscopic imager began its first close-up inspection.
PIA05176:
Adirondack Under the Microscope-2
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Two of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's potential target rocks, which are near the rock called Adirondack in Gusev Crater.
PIA05178:
Recovering Spirit Sets Sight on Cake
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This image taken at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the panoramic camera used onboard both NASA Mars Exploration Rovers.
PIA05187:
Multihued Mars
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers use color calibration targets to fine-tune the rovers' sense of color and thus, that the observed colors of Mars match the colors of the chips, and thus approximate the red planet's true colors.
PIA05188:
True Colors Shining Through
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the 'Magic Carpet' region near the rover at Gusev Crater, Mars. Each color on the spectra matches a line on the graph assessing the varying mineral compositions of martian rocks and soils.
PIA05189:
Magic Carpet Shows Its Colors
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows, a rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Each color on the spectra matches a line on the graph assessing the varying mineral compositions of martian rocks and soils.
PIA05190:
Rock Outcrop Spectra
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Line graphs of laboratory spectra of typical minerals found in igneous rocks, which are rocks related to magma or volcanic activity.
PIA05191:
Different Strokes
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the 'Lily Pad' bounce-mark area at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The green spectra is from the undisturbed surface and the red spectra is from the airbag bounce mark. 
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PIA05192:
Lily Pad Spectra
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's rock abrasion tool, also known as 'rat' (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.'
PIA05194:
Rat on Mars
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the expansive view of the martian real estate. he airbag marks, or footprints, seen in the soil trace the route by which the rover rolled to its final resting spot inside a small crater at Meridiani Planum.
PIA05199:
As Far as Opportunity's Eye Can See
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the red-hued seven hills on Mars are named for those seven brave souls, the final crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
PIA05200:
NASA Dedicates Mars Landmarks to Columbia Crew
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a cleaned off portion of the rock dubbed Adirondack. In preparation for grinding into the rock, Spirit wiped off a fine coat of dust with a brush located on its rock abrasion tool.
PIA05218:
Adirondack's True Self
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