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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This image shows an overhead view of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landing site at Meridiani Planum, nicknamed 'EagleCrater.' Light and dark soil targets and an airbag bounce are seen at this spot dubbed 'Neopolitan.'
PIA05595:
Eagle Crater Traverse Area
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's front hazard-avoidance camera shows the rover at its Sol 53 (March 17, 2004) location within the 'Eagle Crater' landing site.
PIA05596:
Savoring Neopolitan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-22 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image of a large-size, light tone and sugary surface texture, 6.6-foot-wide rock called 'Mazatzal' on March 21, 2004.
PIA05599:
"Mazatzal" Rock on Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-22 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a panoramic view of the crater informally referred to as 'Eagle Crater,' which is approximately 72 feet in diameter. Opportunity's lander and track marks are visible.
PIA05600:
Eyeing "Eagle Crater"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is part of the first set of pictures that was returned to Earth after the rover exited 'Eagle Crater.' Plentiful ripples are seen on the plains and two depressions featuring bright spots.
PIA05617:
Twin Dimples Intrigue Scientists
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is a 360-degree view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's position outside the small crater 'Eagle Crater.' Plentiful ripples are seen on the plains and two depressions featuring bright spots.
PIA05618:
Looking Back at 'Eagle Crater'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This is a 3-D version of the first 360-degree view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's position outside 'Eagle Crater.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05619:
Looking Back at 'Eagle Crater'(3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This image is a 360-degree view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's position outside the small crater 'Eagle Crater.' Plentiful ripples are seen on the plains and two depressions featuring bright spots.
PIA05620:
Looking Back at 'Eagle Crater'(Right-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is a 360-degree view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's position outside the small crater 'Eagle Crater.' Plentiful ripples are seen on the plains and two depressions featuring bright spots.
PIA05621:
Looking Back at 'Eagle Crater'(Left-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a scour surface or ripple trough lamination. These features are consistent with sedimentation on a moist surface where wind-driven processes may also have occurred.
PIA05623:
Signs of Soft-Sediment Deformation at "Slickrock"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of texture interpreted as cross-lamination evidence that sediments forming the rock were laid down in flowing water on Mars' Meridiani Planum.
PIA05625:
"Last Chance" Evidence of Ancient Water Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a close-up of texture interpreted as cross-lamination evidence that sediments forming the rock were laid down in flowing water on Mars' Meridiani Planum.
PIA05626:
"Last Chance" Evidence of Ancient Water Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image of the rock target named 'Mazatzal' on March 22, 2004. It is a close-up look at the rock face and the targets that were brushed and ground by the rock abrasion tool in upcoming sols.
PIA05627:
Peeling Back the Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This black and white image of the rock called 'Mazatzal' (top) was taken by NASA's features, including variants in tone, a sugary surface texture and scalloped areas where parts of the rock seem to have been worn away.
PIA05628:
A Closer Look at "Mazatzal"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This panoramic camera image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on after completing a two-location brushing on the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' A coating of fine, dust-like material was successfully removed from two targets.
PIA05629:
'Illinois' and 'New York' Wiped Clean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this panoramic camera image on the March 12, 2004. The reflective speck about 200 meters (650 feet) away, on the far crater rim, was identified as Spirit's protective heatshield.
PIA05630:
Heatshield on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view shows the rover's tracks visible at the original spot where the rover attempted unsuccessfully to exit its landing site crater in 2004.
PIA05631:
A Well-Traveled 'Eagle Crater' (right-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view shows the rover's tracks visible at the original spot where the rover attempted unsuccessfully to exit its landing site crater in 2004.
PIA05632:
A Well-Traveled 'Eagle Crater' (left-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This is the 3-D version of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view on its 56th sol on Mars, before it left 'Eagle Crater.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05633:
A Well-Traveled 'Eagle Crater'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera is an approximate true-color rendering of the exceptional rock called 'Berry Bowl' in the 'Eagle Crater' outcrop.
PIA05634:
Discovery Served Up in a Bowl
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows the rocky road NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit traveled to reach its ultimate destination the Columbia Hills.
PIA05635:
To the Hills!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's view shows the rover's tracks visible at the original spot where the rover attempted unsuccessfully to exit its landing site crater in 2004.
PIA05636:
Eagle-eye View of "Eagle Crater"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity brushing bright materials off a circular patch of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' The freshly exposed rock was investigated by instruments on the rover's arm March 25, 2004.
PIA05637:
Spring Cleaning Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit after completing a two-location brushing on the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' A coating of fine, dust-like material was successfully removed from targets, revealing clean rock underneath.
PIA05638:
Windows to Fresh Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This map shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's past and future routes across the Gusev Crater floor. The solid red line shows where the rover has traveled so far, from lander to the rim of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.'
PIA05639:
Getting There is Half the Fun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This figure shows spectra taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's Moessbauer spectrometer at various spots in 'Eagle Crater.' Top to bottom, the spectra represent soil measurements taken from the center of the crater and out to the rim.
PIA05640:
Keepers of the Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity focuses on a target called 'Goal 5' a wind-rippled spot on the upper part of the crater, higher in hematite content compared to other soils within the crater.
PIA05645:
Ebony and Ivory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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This image of the soil target, informally called 'Punaluu' after the black sand beaches of Hawaii, was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager during the rover's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey.
PIA05647:
'Punaluu' Under the Microscope
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 Panoramic Camera
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This image of 'Neopolitan' from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey highlights the border between two different soil types, a lighter, finer-grained unit to the left and a darker, coarser-grained to the right.
PIA05648:
Where Light Meets Dark
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 Microscopic Imager
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Moessbauer Spectrometer
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The image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features small grains one millimeter (0.04 inch) or less in size and somewhat lighter in color than those in other soil units observed in Eagle Crater.
PIA05650:
'Vanilla' Under the Microscope
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
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This image taken by the hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover investigating a bright patch of soil dubbed 'Mont Blanc' on Meridiani Planum.
PIA05652:
At Work in the Plains of Meridiani
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This cylindrical mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view south of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' The rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' and the hole the rover drilled in to it can be seen at the lower left.
PIA05653:
What Lies Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This 3-D cylindrical-perspective mosaic taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 82 shows the view south of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA05654:
What Lies Ahead (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view south of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' The rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' and the hole the rover drilled in to it can be seen at the lower left.
PIA05655:
What Lies Ahead (left-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view south of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville.' The rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' and the hole the rover drilled in to it can be seen at the lower left.
PIA05656:
What Lies Ahead (right-eye)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity focuses on the rock dubbed 'Bounce,' which the rover's airbag-wrapped lander hit upon landing in Meridiani Planum, Mars in 2004.
PIA05657:
Visiting the Scene of Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the four images that make up this mosaic that reveals the drilled surface of the target called 'New York' on the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.'
PIA05658:
A Tough Grind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' taken after the rover's rock abrasion tool completed a grind to produce the hole on Mazatzal's surface. The wheel tracks are seen at the base of the rock.
PIA05659:
Door to 'Mazatzal's' Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This mosaic, created from four images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager, outlines the target on 'Bounce' rock that the rover's rock abrasion tool later abraded.
PIA05660:
Eye on "Bounce"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This microscopic image mosaic was created by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit after it had completed a second grind with its rock abrasion tool at the target 'New York' on the rock named 'Mazatzal.'
PIA05661:
A Grind Well Done
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This microscopic image was created after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit completed a second grind with its rock abrasion tool at the target 'New York' on the rock named 'Mazatzal.'
PIA05667:
Rock Bites into "Bounce"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity front left hazard-avoidance camera shows a pebble caught in rover's front right wheel.
PIA05668:
On a Roll
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looks to the southeast from inside Eagle Crater. This was among the first peeks out into the plains, revealing the enigmatic dark feature dubbed 'Bounce' rock.
PIA05669:
Rock on the Range
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this image of the rock dubbed 'Bounce.' The rock has a number of shiny surfaces and textures on it. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) logo is seen in the foreground.
PIA05670:
Bounce Rock Close-Up
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows the hole drilled by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rock abrasion tool into the rock dubbed 'Bounce.' The tool drilled about 7 mm into the rock and generated small piles of 'tailings' or rock dust around the central hole.
PIA05671:
Bounce Rock Dimple
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This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's shows one octant of a larger panoramic image of 'Lion King' facing directly into the crater and showing small features in the field near the rover arm, to features larger on the horizon.
PIA05672:
Lion King Surveys Homeland
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Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a daisy pattern created by the rover's rock abrasion tool on the surface of 'Mazatzal.' The pattern was made as the rover brushed dust off enough area on the rock to form the pattern.
PIA05673:
Daisy in Full Bloom on "Mazatzal"
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Daisy in Full Bloom on
PIA11384:
Daisy in Full Bloom on "Mazatzal" (False Color)
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 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This graph shows the chemical composition of the rock at Gusev Crater dubbed 'Mazatzal' after it was brushed and ground by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05674:
Outer Appearances Can Be Deceiving
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This graph shows the chemical composition of the rock at Gusev Crater dubbed 'Mazatzal' after it was brushed and ground by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05675:
What's on the Inside Counts
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
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This graph shows the relative concentrations of bromine and chlorine at various locations on Earth and Mars. Typically, bromine and chlorine stick together in a fixed ratio, as in martian meteorites and Earth seawater.
PIA05676:
Bromine and Chlorine Go Separate Ways
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These graphs show the infrared light signatures, or spectra, of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' before and after it was brushed clean with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05677:
"Mazatzal" Vs. "Humphrey"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows 'Bounce Rock.' There appears to be a dusty coating on the top of parts of the rock, which may have been broken when it was struck by the airbags while rolling to a stop.
PIA05678:
Bounce Rock Snapshot
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This enhanced-color image NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' after a portion of its surface was brushed clean by the rover's rock abrasion tool. The reddish material on the left is the original dust coating.
PIA05679:
'Mazatzal's' Sparkly Self
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This close-up image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's microscopic imager shows a section of the hole drilled into the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' after the hole was ground for a second time.
PIA05680:
'Mazatzal's' Many Coats
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This approximate true-color image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' before the rover drilled into it with its rock abrasion tool.
PIA05681:
'Mazatzal' Before the Grind
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' with its rock abrasion tool. The picture shows the untouched rock, which is covered in a light-toned coating and red dust particles.
PIA05682:
Step 1: Choose a Target
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' with its rock abrasion tool. The exposed, dark surface is a second coating beneath a top white veneer.
PIA05683:
Step 2: Clean the Areas
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the rover's grinding of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' Dark grey coating is seen after brushing remains on the right side of the hole, while the left side is the underlying basaltic rock.
PIA05684:
Step 3: Grind the Rock
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its robotic arm to examine 'Bounce Rock' during the rover's 67th sol on Mars, April 1, 2004.
PIA05685:
At Work on "Bounce Rock" Animation Icon
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Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image on March 31, 2004, after the rover's rock abrasion tool had brushed for three minutes on each of six locations on the rock named 'Mazatzal' to create a flower-shaped mosaic.
PIA05686:
Spirit Has Flower Power
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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 took this panoramic camera image on March 31, 2004 before driving 36 meters (118 feet) on sol 87 toward its future destination, the Columbia Hills. The large hill on the horizon is Grissom Hill.
PIA05688:
Saying Goodbye to 'Bonneville' Crater
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this panoramic camera image showing the rock dubbed 'Route 66.' The rock is light-toned and has a scalloped surface.
PIA05713:
Spirit Gets Her Kicks at 'Route 66'
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This image, acquired by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, highlights the vast plains of Meridiani Planum focusing on a sinous crack consisting of a series of deep dimples sprinkled with rocks.
PIA05714:
A Puzzling Crack
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this panoramic camera image of the southeast rim of Gusev Crater capturing the crater wall as it descends into the mouth of the Ma'adim Vallis channel. The martian skies were dusty obscuring the crater rim.
PIA05716:
Before the Dust Settled
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this panoramic camera image April 5, 2004. Spirit is looking to the southeast, and through the martian haze has captured the rim of Gusev Crater approximately 80 kilometers (49.7 miles) away on the horizon.
PIA05717:
Gusev's Rim Revealed
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity showing a sinuous trough in the plains of Meridiani Planum with curious dimples.
PIA05718:
Curious Dimples
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 Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES)
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A traverse map for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit traces the path Spirit drove during its prime mission of 90 sols amidst several martian craters.
PIA05719:
Spirit's Prime-Mission Traverse
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Spirit's Extended-Mission Destination
PIA05720:
Spirit's Extended-Mission Destination
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Following a long drive, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this backwards glance at its tracks across the rocky martian landscape on sol 90 of its mission on April 4, 2004.
PIA05721:
Looking Back, Spirit Sol 90
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The rear hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity caught this view of the rover's freshly made tracks after a record drive of 100 meters (328 feet) during sol 70 of the rover's mission (April 5, 2004).
PIA05722:
Looking Back, Opportunity Sol 70
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's forward view at Meridiani Planum as well as 'Endurance Crater.' The shadow of the rover's panoramic camera mast assembly can be seen on the bottom right.
PIA05723:
Building Up Endurance
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In 90 martian days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit performed a remarkable series of drives, digs and scientific investigations at Gusev Crater, Mars.
PIA05724:
90 Sols in 90 Seconds Animation Icon
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This false-color mosaic image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit panoramic camera shows the view acquired on April 3, 2004. Colors have been exaggerated to enhance the differences between cleaner and dustier rocks, and lighter and darker soils.
PIA05725:
Heading for the Hills
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover's panoramic camera on April 5, 2004 shows the eastern-lying 'Columbia Hills.' Of particular interest is the light-toned coating seen here on the low-lying rocks.
PIA05726:
Light-toned Rocks First, 'Columbia Hills' Later
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This 360-degree image mosaic was constructed from a sequence of images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity showing its position along the edge of the large trough dubbed 'Anatolia.'
PIA05727:
At the Edge of 'Anatolia'
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit panoramic camera shows the view acquired on the martian afternoon Apr. 3, 2004 in the direction of the rover's future drive destination. In the distance are the eastern-lying 'Columbia Hills.'
PIA05728:
Heading for the Hills
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This image of a model capture magnet was taken after an experiment in a Mars simulation chamber at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. It has some dust on it, but not as much as that on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's capture magnet.
PIA05729:
Testing the Capture Magnet
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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 false-color composite of the rock dubbed 'Bounce' shows the rock after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drilled into it with its rock abrasion tool. The drilling of the hole generated a bright powder.
PIA05731:
'Bounce' Exposed
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This graph shows that the rock dubbed 'Bounce' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing region at Meridiani Planum is not made up of the same minerals as surrounding soil.
PIA05750:
'Bounce': Not Like the Others
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This graph compares the spectrum of 'Bounce,' a rock at Meridiani Planum, to that of a martian meteorite found on Earth called Shergotty.
PIA05751:
'Bounce' and Shergotty Share Common Ground
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These two sets of bar graphs compare the elemental compositions of martian rocks 'Bounce,' located at Meridiani Planum; EETA79001-B, a martian meteorite found in Antarctica; a rock found at the Mars Pathfinder landing site; Shergotty, a martian meteorite.
PIA05752:
'Bounce' and Martian Meteorite of the Same Mold
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This image taken by the hazard-avoidance camera onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 99 shows the rock dubbed 'Route 66' and a flower-shaped brush mark made by the rover's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05753:
Spirit Back at Work
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity digging a trench near the trough dubbed 'Anatolia' with its left front wheel on sol 73. It was taken by the rover's hazard-avoidance camera.
PIA05754:
Trenching the Trough Animation Icon
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This approximate true-color panorama from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, dubbed 'Lion King,' shows 'Eagle Crater' and the surrounding plains of Meridiani Planum.
PIA05755:
Opportunity Captures "Lion King" Panorama
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This graph shows the light signatures, or spectra, of two sides of the rock dubbed 'Bounce,' located at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The spectra were taken by the miniature thermal emission spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05756:
'RAT' Leaves a Fine Mess
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The mineralogy of 'Bounce' rock was determined by fitting spectra from laboratory minerals to the spectrum of Bounce taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity including pyroxene, plagioclase and olivine commonly found in basaltic volcanic rocks.
PIA05757:
Best Fit for 'Bounce'
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PIA05758:
Recipe for 'Bounce' Rock
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This meteorite, a basalt lava rock nearly indistinguishable from many Earth rocks, provides strong proof that meteorites could come from Mars. Originally weighing nearly 17.6 pounds, it was collected in 1979 in the Elephant Moraine area of Antarctica.
PIA05759:
Meteorite Linked to Rock at Meridiani
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the rock dubbed 'Bounce' at Meridiani Planum, Mars, which may have been thrown onto the plains during an impact that formed a crater (arrow) located SE of Opportunity's landing site.
PIA05760:
Flung Far from Home
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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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