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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed Adirondack before the rover wiped off a portion of the rock's dust coating with a stainless steel brush located on its rock abrasion tool.
PIA05219:
Dirty Adirondack
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Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows its 'hand,' or the tip of the instrument deployment device, poised in front of the rock nicknamed Adirondack. A stainless steel brush located on its rock abrasion tool is seen here at the end of the yellow arrow.
PIA05220:
Back in Action
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Panoramic Camera
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The piece of metal with the American flag on it in this image of a NASA rover on Mars is made of aluminum recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers in the weeks after their destruction.
PIA05221:
Interplanetary Memorial to Victims of Sept. 11, 2001
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Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows its rock abrasion tool after it had ground off the surface of a patch 1.8 inches in diameter on a rock called Adirondack; history's first grinding of a rock on Mars.
PIA05223:
First Grinding of a Rock on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This map of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's new neighborhood at Meridiani Planum, Mars, demonstrates how engineers honed in on the location of the rover. The larger blue ellipse shows the projected landing area just before arriving at Mars.
PIA05224:
Found You!
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Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
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This computer-generated visualization depicts an overhead view of the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took when it landed at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05225:
Opportunity's Hole in One
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Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
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This computer-generated visualization depicts a side view of the path Opportunity took when it landed at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05226:
Opportunity's Hole in One (Side View)
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Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
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In this close-up view of the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took when it landed at Meridiani Planum, Mars, a computer-generated red line shows the spacecraft's bounce motions as it landed at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05227:
Opportunity Bounces to a Stop
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This map of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's new neighborhood at Meridiani Planum, Mars, shows the surface features used to locate the rover. The rover's precise location was determined by imaging the 'bumps' on the horizon.
PIA05228:
"X" Marks the Spot
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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Reconstructing the Scene of Landing
PIA05229:
Reconstructing the Scene of Landing
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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'You Are Here'
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'You Are Here'
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image shows two views of the backshell and parachute that helped deliver NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity safely to the surface of Mars from the rover's perspective inside the small crater where it landed.
PIA05232:
An Old Friend
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Panoramic Camera
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From its location at the inner edge of the small crater surrounding it, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was able to look out to the plains where its backshell and parachute landed.
PIA05233:
Opportunity Spies Its Backshell
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Panoramic Camera
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A colored square in this grayscale image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the location of Stone Mountain, located within the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05234:
Stone Mountain in Context
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Panoramic Camera
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This red-hued color image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the part of the rock outcrop dubbed Stone Mountain at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05235:
Stone Mountain
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Panoramic Camera
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This false-color image (purple surface and blue rock) taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the spherules, or tiny spheres, that speckle the rock dubbed Stone Mountain.
PIA05236:
Speckled with Spherules
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Microscopic Imager
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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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Microscopic Imager
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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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Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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The round, shallow depression in this image resulted from history's first grinding of a rock on Mars. The rock abrasion tool on NASA's Spirit rover ground off the surface of a patch 1.8 inches in diameter on a rock called Adirondack.
PIA05239:
Spirit's First Grinding of a Rock on Mars
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Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove itself 3 feet out of 21 feet at Gusev Crater, Mars, on Feb. 8, 2004. This image shows the tracks it created in the martian soil as it drove straight ahead, then to the left.
PIA05240:
Spirit Self-motivates
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Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This close-up image taken by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed Adirondack after a portion of its surface was ground off by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05241:
Inner Adirondack
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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A computer graphics model of NASA's Opportunity lander and rover are super-imposed on top of the martian terrain where Opportunity landed.
PIA05231:
Top View of a Computer Graphic Model of the Opportunity Lander and Rover
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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A computer graphics model of NASA's Opportunity lander and rover are super-imposed on top of the martian terrain where Opportunity landed.
PIA05265:
Comparison of a Computer Graphic Model of the Opportunity Lander and Rover with MOC Orbital Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-10 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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This is a three-dimensional stereo anaglyph of an image taken by the front navigation camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, showing an interesting patch of rippled soil. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05249:
Ripples in The Soil
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Hazcam
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NASA's Spirit rover took this image on Feb. 9, 2004, after completing the longest drive ever made by a rover on another planet. The wavy feature called a bedform is created when material is transported and deposited by some process, in this case wind.
PIA05250:
Spirit Spies Wavy Bedforms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Layered rocks are seen by NASA's Opportunity rover on Feb. 9, 2004 in Opportunity Ledge. Unparallel lines give unparalleled clues that some 'moving current' such as volcanic flow, wind, or water formed these rocks.
PIA05256:
Unparallel Lines Give Unparalleled Clues
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Navigation Camera
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This Long Term Planning graphic was created from a mosaic of navigation camera images overlain by a polar coordinate grid with the center point as NASA's Opportunity's original landing site. Blue dots represent the rover position at various locations.
PIA05260:
Opportunity's Path
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during its approximately(69.6-foot drive across the pebbly ground at Gusev Crater, Mars, on Feb. 9, 2004.
PIA05267:
Strolling on Martian Ground Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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The colored data are from NASA's Spirit's hazard-avoidance camera and have been reconstructed to show the topography of the land across the bumpy terrain at Gusev Crater, Mars/
PIA05268:
Mind of Its Own Animation Icon
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This image is a still from a computer-generated animation showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover inspecting the rock dubbed Stone Mountain with its instrument deployment device, or arm.
PIA05269:
Inspector Gadget
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Microscopic Imager
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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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Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows that the air 30 meters above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site, is hotter and fluctuates in temperature to a larger degree than the air higher up at 500 meters.
PIA05271:
The Heat Below
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Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows atmospheric temperatures above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site. The color red denotes warmer temperatures, while blue is cooler. Red and yellow waves of represent pockets of heat.
PIA05272:
Martian Heat on the Rise
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Microscopic Imager
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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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Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of soil featuring round, blueberry-shaped rock formations on the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05274:
"Berries" on the Ground 2 (3-D)
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Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of soil featuring round, blueberry-shaped rock formations on the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05275:
"Berries" on the Ground 2 (3-D)
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Microscopic Imager
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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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Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This 3D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of the rock called Adirondack. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05277:
A Clean Adirondack (3-D)
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Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This 3D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows a microscopic image taken of the rock called Adirondack. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05278:
Adirondack Post-Drill (3-D)
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Panoramic Camera
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This color image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera on Sol 40, 2004 is centered on an unusually flaky rock called 'Mimi' on Gusev Crater.
PIA05283:
Flaky "Mimi"
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Microscopic Imager
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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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Microscopic Imager
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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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Microscopic Imager
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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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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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Microscopic Imager
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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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Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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This hematite abundance index map helps geologists choose hematite-rich locations to visit around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. Blue dots equal areas low in hematite and red dots equal areas high in hematite.
PIA05289:
Red Marks the Spot
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Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the red-green-blue rock called White Boat, light in color and more tabular shape compared to the dark, rounded rocks that surround it.
PIA05290:
Sailing to White Boat
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Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity made its first U-Turn on Mars on Feb. 14, 2004, completing the move of its longest one-day drive, about 9 meters or 30 feet. The rover's tracks are prominent on the martian soil.
PIA05291:
After a U-Turn
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Hazcam
Navigation Camera
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This image shows the tracks and trench marks made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover can be seen to the lower left of the lander.
PIA05300:
Track-and-Trench
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Hazcam
Navigation Camera
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This image shows the tracks and trench marks made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover can be seen to the lower left of the lander.
PIA05301:
Track-and-Trench 2
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Moessbauer Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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This close-up image of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's instrument deployment device, or 'arm,' shows the donut-shaped plate on the Moessbauer spectrometer.
PIA05302:
Moessbauer Close-Up
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Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This elevation map of a soil target called 'Peak' was created from images taken by the microscopic imager located on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's instrument deployment device or 'arm.'
PIA05303:
Map of Moessbauer Placement
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Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the sandy martian soil at Meridiani Planum to create a hole in 2004.
PIA05305:
Fresh Soil for Inspection
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Hazcam
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This is a 3-D model of the trench excavated by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the 23rd day, or sol, of its mission. An oblique view of the trench from a bit above and to the right of the rover's right wheel is shown.
PIA05306:
Peeling Back the Layers of Mars
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Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the sandy martian soil at Meridiani Planum to create a hole in 2004.
PIA05307:
What Lies Beneath
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This image is a screenshot from a computer-generated animation showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity trenching a hole in the sandy soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05309:
Opportunity Digs
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This image is a screenshot from a computer-generated animation showing the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traveled.
PIA05310:
The Road Less Traveled
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Hazcam
Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the sandy soil at Meridiani Planum to create a hole.
PIA05311:
Opportunity Trenches Martian Soil
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Navigation Camera
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The wheel tracks seen above and to the left of the lander trace the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has traveled since landing in a small crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05312:
At Home in the Crater
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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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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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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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Hazcam
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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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Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
Navigation 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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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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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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Dragging Its Foot
PIA05304:
Dragging Its Foot
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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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.
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Grooving in Trenchtown Animation Icon
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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