PIA05274: "Berries" on the Ground 2 (3-D)


“Berries” on the Ground 2 (3-D)

Caption:

This is the 3-D anaglyph showing a microscopic image taken of soil featuring round, blueberry-shaped rock formations on the crater floor at Meridiani Planum, Mars. This image was taken on the 13th day of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's journey, before the Moessbauer spectrometer, an instrument located on the rover's instrument deployment device, or "arm," was pressed down to take measurements. The area in this image is 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 Moessbauer Spectrometer (MB)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-02-12
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS/Texas A&M
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05274
Identifier PIA05274