PIA05324: Tiny Pebbles


Tiny Pebbles

Caption:

This image taken by the microscopic imager instrument located on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's instrument deployment device, or "arm," shows the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars, before the rover dug a trench on sol 23 (February 16, 2004). Grains of soil on the floor appear sand-sized with millimeter-sized pebbles on top. The area in this image measures approximately 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Microscopic Imager (MI)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-02-19
Date in Caption 2004-02-16
Image Credit NASA/JPL/USGS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05324
Identifier PIA05324