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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image, taken by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, reveals an imprint left on martian soil by another instrument, the Moessbauer spectrometer. The imprint is within the rover wheel track named 'Middle of Road.'
PIA05313:
Mark of the Moessbauer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This mosaic image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the area in front of the rover after its record 27.5 meters (90.2 feet) drive on Sol 43, which ended February 16, 2004.
PIA05314:
Spirit Spies "Bonneville"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This 360-degree mosaic panorama image, taken by the navigation camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, includes a view of the lander. The lander is to the south-southwest of the rover, which is moving toward a crater nicknamed 'Bonneville.'
PIA05315:
Spirit Keeps Rolling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's digging a hole in the ground at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover scraped its front right wheel back and forth across the surface six times by rotating its whole body in place.
PIA05308:
Dragging Its Foot Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Navigation Camera
Panoramic Camera
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This overlay map lays navigation and panoramic camera images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration rover Spirit from the surface of Mars on top of one of Spirit's descent images taken as the spacecraft descended to the martian surface.
PIA05317:
Spirit's Path to Bonneville
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a circular depression, dubbed 'Laguna Hollow,' most likely formed by a small impact. The rover's tracks are seen in front of the rover.
PIA05318:
Spirit Does a "Jig" at Laguna Hollow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Opportunity rover shows soil clods exposed in the upper wall of the trench dug by its right front wheel. The presence of soil clods implies weak bonding between individual soil grains.
PIA05319:
The Trench Throws a Dirt Clod at Scientists
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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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 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's view from its location inside the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow.' To get a better look at the soil making up the hollow, Spirit drove forward a bit, wiggled its wheels, then turned and backed up.
PIA05333:
Wiggling Its Way to Discovery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's view from its location inside the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow.' Tracks in the soil show that Spirit drove forward a bit, wiggled its wheels, then turned and backed up.
PIA05321:
Wiggling Its Way to Discovery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
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This screenshot from a computer-generated animation shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's arm exploring the trench dug by one of its wheels. The rover's arm is designed to examine rocks and soil for signs of past water on Mars.
PIA05322:
Grooving in Trenchtown (computer animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's arm exploring the trench the rover dug with one of its wheels. The arm holds a suite of scientific instruments designed to examine rocks and soil for signs of past water on Mars.
PIA05323:
Grooving in Trenchtown Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's shows two regions of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The region on the left, dubbed 'Charlie Flats,' was imaged because it contains an assortment of small grains, pebbles and spherules, as well as bo
PIA05328:
Charlie Flats and El Capitan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This map shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's travels since arriving on the red planet Jan. 3, 2004. Data within the yellow box represent a digital map made of images taken by rover's panoramic and navigation cameras.
PIA05329:
Halfway There
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This image shows the patch of soil at the bottom of the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow' where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began trenching in 2004. Seen here are a clustering of small pebbles and crack-like fine lines.
PIA05330:
'Laguna Hollow'Undisturbed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
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A view from NASA's Spirit rover shows a trench excavated by the rover's left front wheel within the 'Laguna Hollow' area. The trench, dubbed 'Road Cut,' is 3 inches deep. Spirit's tracks are observed on the martian soil.
PIA05337:
Spirit Digs a Trench
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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 2004-02-22 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit casts a shadow over the trench that the rover dug with its left front wheel and is examining with tools on its robotic arm.
PIA05339:
Spirit Shadow over Laguna Trench
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This traverse map shows NASA's Mars Exploration rover Spirit reached the point called 'Laguna Hollow.' The rover had driven 131 meters (430 feet) from Columbia Memorial Station. On the horizon behind the lander looms 'Grissom Hill.' A yellow line follow
PIA05441:
Covered Ground
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity casts a shadow over the El Capitan area on Mars. Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool to grind a small hole into Opportunity Ledge.
PIA05442:
Opportunity at El Capitan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit dug a trench in the fine-grained soil lining the bottom of the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow.' A trench 3 inches deep was created after the rover dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the surface.
PIA05344:
Breaking Martian Ground Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the trenching site dubbed 'Laguna Hollow' after it dug a trench 3 inches deep in the fine-grained soil lining the bottom of the shallow depression.
PIA05345:
Draped in the Rover's Shadow Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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)
 Microscopic Imager
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 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's shows peak-like formations on the martian terrain at Gusev Crater. Seen are particles made of dust, sand and coarse sand, with their sizes approximating flour, sugar, and ball bearings, respectively.
PIA05453:
Are They Telltale Ripples?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's shows the windblown waves of soil that characterize the rocky surface of Gusev Crater, Mars. Ripples are shaped by gentle winds that deposit coarse grains on the tops or crests of the waves.
PIA05452:
Ripples or Dunes?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity watches a sunset on a martian afternoon. Rapid dimming of the Sun near the horizon is due to the dust in the sky. Dust in the martian atmosphere scatters blue light forward creating a'halo' of blueish sky color.
PIA05343:
The Sun Sets on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This map shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's travels since arriving on the red planet Jan. 3, 2004 PST. Spirit was on its way to a large crater nicknamed 'Bonneville.'
PIA05448:
Getting Closer
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 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's view of the rocky and bumpy terrain that lies between it and the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' A large rock called 'Humphries' can be seen.
PIA05449:
The Bumpy Road Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows 'Laguna Hollow,' the shallow depression where Spirit dug a trench in 2004. Spirit stayed in this location for 3 sols, investigating the fine-grained soil and the trench it dug with one of its wheels.
PIA05450:
Long and Winding Road
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 Panoramic Camera
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The rocky outcrop traversed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is visible in this 3-dimensional model of the rover's landing site. The white crumpled fragments are portions of the rover's airbags.
PIA05451:
Opportunity Landing Spot Panorama (3-D Model)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the troughs between the waves of windblown soil that characterize the surface of Gusev Crater. The fine-grained soil, combined with coarse grains indicate that waves are geologic features known as ripples.
PIA05454:
The Answer is in the Crests and Troughs
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 Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the tops or crests of the waves of windblown soil that characterize the surface of Gusev Crater. The fine-grained soil, combined with coarse grains indicate that waves are geologic features known as ripples.
PIA05455:
The Answer is in the Crests and Troughs -2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars, dubbed 'Charlie Flats.' This region contains a diverse assortment of small grains, pebbles and spherules, and both dark and light soil deposits.
PIA05456:
Charlie Flats
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 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the 'El Capitan' region of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars. On the bottom is the view obtained from the 'Alpha' waypoint station.
PIA05457:
El Capitan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity provides a circular sign of the success of the rover's first grinding of a rock. The round, shallow hole seen in this image is on a rock dubbed 'McKittrick,' located in the 'El Capitan' area of the larger outcrop
PIA05459:
Circular Signs of the Rock Abrasion Tool
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 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05460:
Opportunity's Empty Nest
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 Panoramic Camera
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This is a screenshot from a computer-generated visualization tool used by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity scientists to find the rover's best position for observing a target dubbed 'Last Chance' layered rock, on the far east end of the outcrop.
PIA05461:
Pre-Planning the "Last Chance"
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 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
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These plots, or spectra, show that a rock dubbed 'McKittrick' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, has higher concentrations of sulfur and bromine than a nearby patch of soil nicknamed 'Tarmac.'
PIA05467:
History Leaves Salts Behind
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 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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These plots, or spectra, show that a rock dubbed 'McKittrick' near the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, possesses the highest concentration of sulfur yet observed on Mars.
PIA05468:
"McKittrick" Rich in Sulfur
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 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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These plots, or spectra, show that a rock dubbed 'McKittrick' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, has higher concentrations of sulfur and bromine than a nearby patch of soil nicknamed 'Tarmac.'
PIA05469:
Salty Martian Rock
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 Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This spectrum, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer, shows the presence of an iron-bearing mineral called jarosite in the collection of rocks dubbed 'El Capitan'
PIA05470:
Mineral Tells Tale of Watery Past
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 Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This spectrum, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer, shows the presence of an iron-bearing mineral called jarosite in the collection of rocks dubbed 'El Capitan'
PIA05471:
Mineral Tells Tale of Watery Past-2
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 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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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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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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 Navigation Camera
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This partial panoramic image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the lander in the center of the crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars. In view are plains outside the crater, the rover tracks, and the airbag bounce marks behind the lander.
PIA05477:
Over Here, Over There
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 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a close up of the rock dubbed 'El Capitan,' located in the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum. Seen are fine, parallel lamination in the upper area of the rock, and scattered sphere-shaped objects.
PIA05478:
The Texture of El Capitan
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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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 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This graph shows the relative abundances of sulfur (in the form of sulfur tri-oxide) and chlorine at three Meridiani Planum sites: soil measured in the small crater where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landedin 2004.
PIA05483:
A Trail of Salts
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 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the eastern plains that stretch beyond the small crater where the rover landed. In the distance, the rim of a larger crater dubbed 'Endurance' can be seen.
PIA05484:
Opportunity Spies "Endurance" on the Horizon
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 Microscopic Imager
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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 rock nicknamed Last Chance, which lies within the outcrop near the rover's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars. At the base of the rock, layers can be seen dipping downward to the right.
PIA05482:
Ripples in Rocks Point to Water
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images taken by the panoramic camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock region dubbed 'El Capitan,' which lies within the larger outcrop near the rover's landing site.
PIA05492:
"El Capitan's" Scientific Gems
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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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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's tracks left by the rover during its latest 'dance,' or series of maneuvers, around the rock outcrop near its landing site on Meridiani Planum.
PIA05494:
A View of Opportunity's Dance Moves
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Navigation Camera
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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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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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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the large, imposing shadowed rock in the foreground nicknamed 'Sandia' for a mountain range in New Mexico. Many smaller rocks can be seen in the background.
PIA05497:
Accidental Art
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a hole drilled by the rover's rock abrasion tool located on its robotic arm in the rock dubbed 'Humphrey.'
PIA05499:
A Hole in Humphrey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit finished a drive and sent back this navigation camera image mosaic revealing 'Bonneville' crater in its entirety. Reaching the rim of this deep dish has been a major priority since day one.
PIA05538:
A Deep Dish for Discovery
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view ahead of the rover. Directly in front of the rover is the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow,' where it dug a trench with one of its wheels.
PIA05539:
Three Stops Ahead
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This image shows a 3-dimensional model of the trench dug by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit at a shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow.' The rover dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the surface to create this 3-inch deep hole.
PIA05540:
Trenching Martian Ground
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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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This image shows a 3-D model of the rock dubbed 'Humphrey' at Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site. Spirit examined the lumpy rock both before and after it drilled a hole into the rock surface.
PIA05541:
'Humphrey' Like You've Never Seen It
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rocky road the rover traversed away from the rim of the crater called 'Bonneville.' To the upper right is the rock dubbed 'Hole Point.'
PIA05542:
The Rocky Road to the Crater Rim
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This image is from software used by engineers to drive NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit up toward the rim of the crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' The software simulates the rover's movements across the martian terrain, helping to plot a safe course.
PIA05543:
A Steep Climb
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This image is from software used by engineers to drive NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit up toward the rim of the crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' The software simulates the rover's movements across the martian terrain, helping to plot a safe course.
PIA05544:
King of the Crater Ledge
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit finished a drive and shows 'Bonneville' crater and the rocky plains surrounding it. The rover's solar panels are visible in the foreground, and the to right, the Columbia Hills complex.
PIA05545:
'Bonneville' and Beyond
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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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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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Footprints from Above
PIA05558:
Footprints from Above
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this mosaic of the crater called 'Bonneville' to get a better vantage point. The rover is close enough to the edge to see the crater's interior, but high and far enough back to get a view of all of the walls.
PIA05561:
At the Rim, Looking In
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in the area dubbed 'Berry Bowl,' where many dark and mysterious spherules or 'blueberries' collected in a depression on the surface of a rock.
PIA05563:
Opportunity Dips in to "Berry Bowl"
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this 3-D navigation camera mosaic of the crater called 'Bonneville.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05562:
'Bonneville' in 3-D!
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows 'blueberries' discovered on Mars. They are spherules that are the abundant spherical hematite inclusions.
PIA05564:
Finding the 'Blueberry' Muffin Recipe
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This cylindrical-projection mosaic was created by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired on sol 93 (April 7, 2004). It reveals the martian view from Spirit's position during the four-sol flight software update that began on sol 94.
PIA05764:
Spirit's View on Sol 93 (cylindrical)
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The rim and interior of a crater nicknamed 'Bonneville' dominate this red-hued, 180-degree, false-color mosaic of images taken by the panoramic camera of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on March 12, 2004.
PIA05570:
"Bonneville in Color"
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's wheels and tracks in the extreme southwestern end of the outcrop in Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05572:
Opportunity Studies Bait in Shark's Cage
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows drifts that appear to be lighter in color than the dark material deposited on the back wall of the crater. They might be covered by a thin deposit of martian dust.
PIA05573:
Drifts of Dust or Something Else?
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This false-color composite traverse map depicts NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's journey since landing at Gusev Crater, Mars. It was created after Spirit had traveled 328 meters from its lander to the rim of the crater dubbed 'Bonneville.'
PIA05574:
The Road to 'Bonneville'
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In this image, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is situated about about 20.3 feet from the lander. Rover tracks zig-zag along the surface. Bounce marks and airbag retraction marks are visible around the lander.
PIA05575:
Home and Back Again
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this 3-D navigation camera mosaic of the crater called 'Bonneville.' The rover's solar panels can be seen in the foreground. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05576:
Almost Like Being at 'Bonneville'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this imageMarch 15, 2004, after digging its wheel into the drift dubbed 'Serpent' creating the scar that allowed the rover's instruments to see below the drift surface.
PIA05577:
Spirit Digs In
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The route of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, from its landing site to its location on sol 72 (March 16, 2004) near the rim of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville' is pictured here on this traverse map.
PIA05581:
To 'Bonneville' and Beyond
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A drift dubbed 'Serpent' stretches in front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in this image taken on March 15, 2004 while exploring the rim of the crater nicknamed 'Bonneville.'
PIA05582:
'Serpent' Untouched
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this imageMarch 15, 2004, after digging its wheel into the drift dubbed 'Serpent' creating the scar that allowed the rover's instruments to see below the drift surface.
PIA05583:
The Right Scuff
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This image, taken at a region of the rock outcrop dubbed 'Shoemaker's Patio' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site, shows finely layered sediments, accentuated by erosion and sphere-like grains or 'blueberries.'
PIA05584:
'Berries' and Rock Share Common Origins
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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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This graph shows spectra of outcrop regions near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. Blue line shows data which contains a handful of sphere-like grains dubbed 'blueberries'; yellow line represents an area devoid of berries.
PIA05587:
A Bowl of Hematite-Rich 'Berries'
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