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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 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 2004-02-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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 stainless steel brush located on its rock abrasion tool.
PIA05216:
Shiny and New
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Angular Grains of Sand Hint at Short Transport Distance
PIA06410:
Angular Grains of Sand Hint at Short Transport Distance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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)
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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)
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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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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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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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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this microscopic image of the drift dubbed 'Serpent' on Mars after successfully digging into the side of the drift. The drift is dominated by larger pea-shaped particles.
PIA05597:
A Double Take at "Serpent" Drift
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this microscopic image of the drift dubbed 'Serpent' on Mars after successfully digging into the side of the drift. The drift is dominated by larger pea-shaped particles.
PIA05598:
A Double Take at 'Serpent' Drift
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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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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this microscopic imager view of its capture magnet on April 6, 2004. The magnets' primary purpose is to collect the martian magnetic dust so it can be analyzied with the rover's Moessbauer spectrometers.
PIA05730:
Martian Magnets Under the Microscope
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This image was taken by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 99 (April 13, 2004). It is a close-up look at a portion of the rock called 'Route 66,' which was brushed by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05761:
Smooth Side of 'Route 66'
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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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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets
PIA06312:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets
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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163)
PIA06313:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163)
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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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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163-2)
PIA06320:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163-2)
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'String of Pearls' Up-Close
PIA06382:
'String of Pearls' Up-Close
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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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Sweeping the Dust Away
PIA06791:
Sweeping the Dust Away
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Grinding into Soft, Powdery Rock
PIA06792:
Grinding into Soft, Powdery Rock
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Layered Outcrops in Gusev Crater
PIA06936:
Layered Outcrops in Gusev Crater
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Close-up of 'Tetl' Layers
PIA07022:
Close-up of 'Tetl' Layers
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this close-up examination of a freshly exposed area of a rock called 'Uchben' in the 'Columbia Hills' of Mars to reveal an assortment of particle shapes and sizes. This image was taken on Oct. 22, 2004.
PIA07023:
Mix of Particles in "Uchben" Close-up
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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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Closeup View of Compacted Soil
PIA07082:
Closeup View of Compacted Soil
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A Rock Like None Before, Brushed
PIA07186:
A Rock Like None Before, Brushed
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Brushed Target on Rock
PIA07260:
Brushed Target on Rock "Champagne" in Gusev Crater
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Abraded Target on Rock
PIA07261:
Abraded Target on Rock "Champagne" in Gusev Crater
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Dust Accumulation on Mars
PIA07301:
Dust Accumulation on Mars
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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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Close-up of 'Davis' on 'Jibsheet' Outcrop
PIA07976:
Close-up of 'Davis' on 'Jibsheet' Outcrop
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Close-up of 'Keystone' on 'Methuselah' Outcrop
PIA07977:
Close-up of 'Keystone' on 'Methuselah' Outcrop
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Texture of Rock at 'Jibsheet'
PIA07979:
Texture of Rock at 'Jibsheet'
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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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On Aug. 3, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its microscopic imager to take this mosaic of the rock 'Haussmann.' The rounded nature of the pebbles indicates that they were eroded on the surface before being embedded into the rock.
PIA04196:
Focus on 'Rue Legendre'
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its microscopic imager to capture this spectacular, jagged mini-landscape on a rock called 'GongGong.'
PIA02157:
Hardened Lava Meets Wind on Mars
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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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This image shows two shallow, circular holes - one above and one below - that meet in the middle to form an indentation shaped like a figure eight in the Martian soil. The holes are within a larger circular area created by the rock abrasion tool
PIA08455:
Looking for Changes in Soil over Time
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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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'King George Island' Brushed
PIA09092:
'King George Island' Brushed
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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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This panorama of images from the Spirit rover, taken on Sol 1925 (June 2, 2009), is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her extraction from the soft soil in the region now called 'Troy.'
PIA12102:
Spirit Photographs Her Underbelly, SOL 1925
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This stereo view combines a pair of images taken by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,925th Martian day (sol) of Spirit's mission on Mars (June 2, 2009). 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12180:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, (Sol 1925 Stereo)
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This stereo view combines a pair of images taken two months apart by the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA12181:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, (Stereo from Two Sols)
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This mosaic image was taken with the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit to get a look underneath the rover.
PIA12182:
Spirit's View of Own Underbelly, Sol 1990
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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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This close-up view of a mineral vein called 'Homestake' comes from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity; the vein is found to be rich in calcium and sulfur, possibly the calcium-sulfate mineral gypsum.
PIA15035:
Close-up View of 'Homestake' Vein
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