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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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These maps from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera mast assembly, show the hematite abundance as detected by the instrument from inside the crater at Opportunity's landing site.
PIA05548:
Here-a-Hematite, There-a-Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Navigation Camera
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These maps, acquired from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity prior to the rover's roll-off, show the five locations the rover visited along the Meridiani Planum rock outcrop (dubbed 'Alpha,' 'Bravo,' 'Charlie,' Delta,' and 'Echo').
PIA05549:
Patches of Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This spectrum captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's mini-thermal emission spectrometer shows the presence of grey hematite in the martian soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05179:
Hematite on Mars!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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These plots, or spectra, show that the rock collection dubbed 'El Capitan' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, consists of three primary mineral groups, sulfate, silicates, and oxides.
PIA05472:
"El Capitan" Exposed!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows the hematite abundance map for a portion of the Meridiani Planum rock outcrop called 'Echo' near where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed. Portions of the inner crater wall in this region appear rich in hematite (red).
PIA05550:
Hematite Abundance Map at Echo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Footprints from Above
PIA05558:
Footprints from Above
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This figure derived from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the first ever atmospheric temperature profile measured from the top of the Mars atmosphere all the way to the surface.
PIA05559:
A Full Profile on Mars Temperature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This graph shows the light signatures, or spectra, of two sides of the rock dubbed 'Bounce,' located at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The spectra were taken by the miniature thermal emission spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05756:
'RAT' Leaves a Fine Mess
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The mineralogy of 'Bounce' rock was determined by fitting spectra from laboratory minerals to the spectrum of Bounce taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity including pyroxene, plagioclase and olivine commonly found in basaltic volcanic rocks.
PIA05757:
Best Fit for 'Bounce'
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The mineralogy of
PIA05758:
Recipe for 'Bounce' Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Surface composition in 'Endurance Crater' is mapped with color-coded interpretation of data from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The information has been overlaid onto a view of a crater on Mars.
PIA05933:
Seeing 'Endurance' Through Infrared Eyes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The colored dots in this image mosaic NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity denote thermal data in features that make up the impact crater known as 'Endurance' on Mars.
PIA06015:
The Temperature of "Endurance"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This graph shows the seasonal trend of air temperatures 100 meters (328 feet) above NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from late summer to mid-winter of Mars' southern hemisphere.
PIA07103:
Seasonal Air Temperatures Above Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Panoramic Camera
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This image taken by the NASA's Mars rover Opportunity shows locations of the microscopic imager's observations on a rock informally named 'Tisdale 2.'
PIA14745:
Locations of Microscopic Imager Observations on 'Tisdale 2'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This microscopic image of 'Flatrock,' taken on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 43rd sol on Mars, is representative of the science team's goal at the rock outcrop under investigation at Meridiani Planum.
PIA05520:
Fleshing out "Flatrock"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This 3-dimensional model shows a postage-stamp-sized patch of the rock target in the outcrop near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. A sliced sphere-like particle, or 'blueberry' can be seen.
PIA05507:
"Blueberry" Exposed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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The semi-circular depression in this microscopic image resulted from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's first grinding of a rock on Mars. The rock abrasion tool sliced into the surface on a rock called 'McKittrick' on Feb. 23, 2004.
PIA05445:
Opportunity Slices into the Surface of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity noticed 'layers' or 'scratches' on a spherical object called 'blueberry.' The scrapes on the blueberry appear to have occurred when it got dislodged slightly and its surface was scraped with the grinding pad.
PIA05446:
Grinding Wheel Profile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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These four images were taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 3 and 4, 2005, before and after using the rock abrasion tool on sol 633 to grind into a rock target dubbed 'Kalavrita.'
PIA03202:
A Closer Look at 'Kalavrita'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a scour surface or ripple trough lamination. These features are consistent with sedimentation on a moist surface where wind-driven processes may also have occurred.
PIA05623:
Signs of Soft-Sediment Deformation at "Slickrock"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of texture interpreted as cross-lamination evidence that sediments forming the rock were laid down in flowing water on Mars' Meridiani Planum.
PIA05625:
"Last Chance" Evidence of Ancient Water Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of texture interpreted as cross-lamination evidence that sediments forming the rock were laid down in flowing water on Mars' Meridiani Planum.
PIA05626:
"Last Chance" Evidence of Ancient Water Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Panoramic Camera
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On May 20, 2006, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity stopped for the weekend to place its instrument arm onto the soil target pictured here, dubbed 'Alamogordo Creek' highlighting differences among materials in rocks and soil.
PIA08543:
A Peek into 'Alamogordo Creek'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Navigation Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the layered rocks of the 'El Capitan' area near the rover's landing site at Meridani Planum, Mars. Visible on two of the rocks are the holes drilled by the rover.
PIA05495:
Evidence of a Water-Soaked Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Navigation Camera
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the patch of soil in a shallow crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05206:
Mars in a Grain of Sand
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Navigation Camera
Panoramic Camera
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from its position on the southeast side of the rim of 'Endurance' Crater on Mars.
PIA06016:
Up Close and Personal
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars, after the rover dug a trench on Feb. 16, 2004. A small patch of soil is seen in the center of the trench wall with the rovers' tracks leading off in the distance.
PIA05325:
Taking a Deeper Look
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a circular imprint left in the Meridiani Planum soil by the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA05287:
Moessbauer Footprint in the Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the imprint of the donut-shaped plate on the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer instrument, located on rover's the 'arm.' The rover was investigating fine-grained soil for iron-bearing minerals.
PIA05327:
Moessbauer Nose Print
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This figure shows spectra taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer at various spots in 'Eagle Crater.' Top to bottom, the spectra represent soil measurements taken from the center of the crater and out to the rim.
PIA05640:
Keepers of the Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image of the soil target, informally called 'Punaluu' after the black sand beaches of Hawaii, was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager during the rover's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey.
PIA05647:
'Punaluu' Under the Microscope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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The image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features small grains one millimeter (0.04 inch) or less in size and somewhat lighter in color than those in other soil units observed in Eagle Crater.
PIA05650:
'Vanilla' Under the Microscope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This mosaic, created from four images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager, outlines the target on 'Bounce' rock that the rover's rock abrasion tool later abraded.
PIA05660:
Eye on "Bounce"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image composite shows two of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's magnets, the 'capture' magnet (upper portion of left panel) and the 'filter' magnet (lower portion of left panel).
PIA05515:
Rules of Attraction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a magnified view of coarse grains sprinkled over a fine layer of sand in Meridiani Planum on Mars.
PIA05207:
Mars Under the Microscope
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity look at the martian soil of its landing site, Meridiani Planum. Coarse grains are sprinkled over a fine layer of sand.
PIA05208:
Mars Under the Microscope (color)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows coarse grains sprinkled over a fine layer of sand at its landing site, Meridiani Planum on Mars.
PIA05209:
Mars Under the Microscope (stretched)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The sandy soil is loosely packed.
PIA05213:
Now You See Them, Now You Don't Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This sharp, close-up image taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows a rock target dubbed 'Robert E,' located on the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05237:
Mars Rock Formation Poses Mystery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This sharp, close-up image taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows a rock target dubbed 'Robert E,' located on the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05238:
Mars Rock Formation Poses Mystery-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, shows its microscopic imager (circular device) in the middle against the red-hued martian landscape. The microscopic imager is located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or arm.
PIA05270:
Martian Microscope
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This mosaic image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain.
PIA05273:
"Berries" on the Ground
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a rock target dubbed 'Robert E,' on a rock called Stone Mountain at Meridiani Planum, Mars. It is one of the highest-resolution images ever taken while looking at a rock on another planet.
PIA05276:
A Sharp Look at Robert E
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This is 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA05284:
Eye-popping 'Berries'
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA05285:
More Eye-popping 'Berries'
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA05286:
Even More Eye-popping 'Berries'
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit microscopic imager, an instrument located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or arm, shows a patch of soil at the target nicknamed Squiggle Dunes.
PIA05288:
Ground Inspection
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's instrument deployment device or 'arm', shows the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. Grains of soil on the floor appear sand-sized with millimeter-sized pebbles on top.
PIA05324:
Tiny Pebbles
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' reveals shiny, spherical objects embedded within the trench wall at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05326:
The Mystery of the Sparkling Spheres
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows the partial clotting or cement-like properties of the sand-sized grains within the wall trenched by the rover.
PIA05331:
"Stucco" Walls
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows partial 'clodding' or cementation of the sand-sized grains within twall trenched by the rover.
PIA05332:
"Stucco" Walls-2
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This image, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a geological feature dubbed 'Robert E.' Light from the top is illuminating the feature, which is located within the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05473:
Focused on Robert E
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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.
PIA05474:
Focus on El Capitan
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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.
PIA05475:
Focus on El Capitan-2
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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.
PIA05476:
Focus on El Capitan-3
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The microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a portion of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars, dubbed 'Guadalupe.'
PIA05479:
Focus on Guadalupe
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows an extreme close-up of the 'El Capitan' region, part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. This region appears laminated, or composed of layers of firmly united material.
PIA05480:
Larger Grains Suggest Presence of Fluid
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of the region dubbed 'El Capitan,' which lies within the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. A spherule, or sphere-shaped grain, is penetrating the interior of a small cavity called a vug.
PIA05481:
Which Came First? Vug or Spherule?
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the shapes of the vugs, or small cavities, located on the region dubbed 'El Capitan.' The region is part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05493:
Vugs Provide Clues to Martian Past
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows its 'capture magnet,' which attracts atmospheric dust particles from its front deck. Lighter-colored area are clean sections are virtually free of dust, and dark areas are places where dust has collected.
PIA05496:
Mars Magnet Hits the Bull's-Eye
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This microscopic image was taken at the outcrop region dubbed 'El Capitan' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site reveals millimeter-scale layers running horizontally.
PIA05585:
'Blueberry' Layers Indicate Watery Origins
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This microscopic image, taken at the outcrop region dubbed 'Berry Bowl' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site, shows the sphere-like grains or 'blueberries' that fill Berry Bowl.
PIA05586:
'Blueberry' Triplets Born in Rock
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A microscopic image shows variability of grain size, medium-sized, well rounded and sorted, within a parallel-stratified portion of the 'Slickrock' area in the martian rock outcrop examined by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05622:
Grain Size Variability in Rock Layers
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This magnified view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity of a portion of a martian rock called 'Upper Dells' shows fine layers (laminae) that are truncated, discordant and at angles to each other. Eight spherules are embedded in the rock.
PIA05624:
"Upper Dells" Clues to Watery History
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This image of 'Punaluu' named after the white sand beaches of Hawaii, was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity showing irregularly shaped, light-colored, millimeter-sized (0.04 inch) clasts, or particles, in a fine-grained soil.
PIA05646:
'Lanikai' Under the Microscope
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey displays a mixture of light and dark soil units with several different types of clasts, or particles, held in surrounding fine-grained sands.
PIA05649:
'Cookies and Cream' Under the Microscope
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The image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity illustrates the tremendous variety of soil types and shapes found in Eagle Crater on Mars.
PIA05651:
No Two Soil Patches Are Alike
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This 3-D image taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of the center of the rock abrasion tool hole, ground into 'Bounce.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05687:
A Crack Runs Through It
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This image taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the hole drilled by the rover's rock abrasion tool into the rock dubbed 'Pilbara.' The process left a pile of rock powder around the side of the hole.
PIA05824:
'Blueberry' Exposed
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the hole drilled by the rover's rock abrasion tool into the rock dubbed 'Pilbara.' A sliced 'blueberry,' or spherule, which is darker and harder than the rest of the rock is visible.
PIA05831:
Door to 'Pilbara'
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This mosaic of four images from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the freshly exposed interior of a rock dubbed 'Lion Stone' after the rover's rock abrasion tool ground away a circular patch of the rock's surface.
PIA05978:
Rock Interior Exposed Near 'Endurance'
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity showing 'Panoramic Position 2' on the southeast side of the rim of 'Endurance' Crater on Mars.
PIA06017:
Are Ripples a Sign of Water?
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took the images that make up this mosaic with its microscopic imager on June 14, 2004. The target is a rock called 'Tennessee,' which was drilled into by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
PIA06287:
A Hole in 'Tennessee'
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a contact line between two distinct layers of rock inside 'Endurance Crater.' The layers are defined by subtle color and texture variations and represent separate chapters in Mars' history.
PIA06309:
Microscopic Image Inside 'Endurance'
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the finely-laminated target called 'Cobble Hill' at 'Endurance Crater.' The circle is where the rover's rock abrasion tool cut away the rock's surface to expose the interior.
PIA06319:
'Cobble Hill' Profile
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This mosaic image taken on June 24, 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock abrasion tool target 'London.'
PIA06383:
Looking into "London"
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This microscopic imager mosaic of the rock called 'Diamond Jenness' was snapped on sol 177, 2004, before NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity ground into the surface with its rock abrasion tool, or 'Rat.'
PIA06748:
'Diamond Jenness': Before the Grind
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock dubbed 'Diamond Jenness.' It was taken on sol 177 (July 23, 2004) after the rover first ground into the rock with its rock abrasion tool, or 'Rat.'
PIA06749:
'Diamond Jenness': After the Grind
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This microscopic imager mosaic of the target area called 'Diamond Jenness' was taken after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity ground into the surface with its rock abrasion tool for a second time.
PIA06750:
'Diamond Jenness': A Tough Grind
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This mosaic was produced from pictures taken with the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on June 29, 2004. It shows one of a series of holes ground by the rover's rock abrasion tool in 'Endurance Crater' on Mars.
PIA06752:
A Hole in 'Kettlestone'
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This mosaic, featuring the rock target dubbed 'Bylot,' was acquired by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Aug. 9, 2004. Seen are spherules and dark sand partially covering rock.
PIA06762:
Browsing at 'Bylot'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity examined a type of rougher-textured, lighter-colored round pebbles related to the smoother, darker spherules nicknamed 'blueberries' inside 'Endurance Crater' on Mars.
PIA06778:
'Blueberries' and 'Popcorn'
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This view from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a type of light-colored, rough-textured spherules scientists call 'popcorn' in contrast to the darker, smoother spherules called 'blueberries.'
PIA06779:
'Blueberries' Inside 'Popcorn'
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a target dubbed 'Grindstone' on a rock called 'Manitoba' in 'Endurance Crater.' Opportunity dug a hole into the target with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA06784:
Grinding 'Grindstone'
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a target dubbed 'Drammensfjorden' on a rock called 'Millstone' in 'Endurance Crater.' Opportunity dug a hole into the target with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA06785:
'Drammensfjorden' Up Close
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This 3-D, microscopic imager mosaic of a target area on a rock called 'Diamond Jenness' was taken after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity ground into the surface with its rock abrasion tool for a second time. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA06786:
'Diamond' in 3-D
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a target dubbed 'Campbell' on a rock called 'MacKenzie' in 'Endurance Crater.' Opportunity dug a hole into the target with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA06787:
'Campbell' Up Close
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a target dubbed 'Tuktoyuktuk' on a rock called 'Inuvik' in 'Endurance Crater.' Opportunity dug a hole into the target with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA06788:
'Tuktoyuktuk' Up Close
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a target dubbed 'Bylot' on the slopes of 'Endurance Crater.' Opportunity dug a hole into the target with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA06789:
'Bylot' Up Close
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up look at the surface of a rock called 'Wopmay,' inside 'Endurance Crater,' highlighting crevices and spherical concretions on Mars.
PIA07024:
Close-up of 'Wopmay'
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This picture from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is a mosaic of a target called 'Gagarin' on a rock referred to as 'Yuri.' A circle from which the tool's wire brush has scoured dust off the rock surface is evident.
PIA07480:
Looking Closely at 'Yuri'
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On Aug 6, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this image showing rounded concretions dubbed 'blueberries.' A drill hole cut into a martian rock nicknamed 'Ice Cream' by the rover's rock abrasion tool is also shown.
PIA04168:
Mars Rocks Continue to Fascinate
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On Aug 9, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity after the rover had ground a hole in the rock called 'Ice Cream' and conducted various scientific experiments, it took this final microscopic image of the hole before driving away.
PIA04169:
Mars Climate Continues to Fascinate
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This image mosaic from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows detailed structure of a small fin-like structure dubbed 'Roosevelt,' which sticks out from the outcrop pavement at the edge of 'Erebus Crater,' taken on Feb. 8, 2006.
PIA02186:
Revealing Roosevelt
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As NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traversing southward toward 'Victoria Crater' in May, 2006, it periodically stopping to characterize exposed bedrock, using the contact instrument suite on the robotic arm.
PIA08499:
Close-Up of 'Cheyenne'
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows spherules, nicknamed 'blueberries,' at its landing site in 'Eagle Crater,' determined to be iron-rich concretions that formed inside deposits soaked with groundwater.
PIA09077:
Big Spherules near 'Victoria'
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On May 18, 2009, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its microscopic imager camera to take a picture of its underside. Though out-of-focus, shown are the rover wheels and underside of the rover.
PIA12012:
Opportunity Photographs Her Underbelly
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its microscopic imager to get this view of the surface of a rock called 'Block Island' during the 1,963rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Aug. 1, 2009).
PIA12191:
Magnified Look at a Meteorite on Mars
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This image from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows details of the coating on a rock called 'Chocolate Hills,' which the rover found and examined at the edge of a young crater called 'Concepción.'
PIA12970:
Coating on Rock Beside a Young Martian Crater
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its microscopic imager to record this close-up view of texture on part of a rock informally named 'Tisdale 2' on the western rim of Endeavour crater. The broken rock fragments are called clasts.
PIA14746:
Magnified View of Texture on Part of "Tisdale 2" Rock
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