Mars Exploration Rovers 2003:
Opportunity's First Photographs of Mars
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More color pictures by Opportunity
NASA JPL's Opportunity pictures galleryThe first color photo by Opportunity's panoramic camera of the martian landscape at Meridiani Planum. The surface around the rover has been disturbed by impressions left in the soil by the lander's airbag. The rover is on a flat, relatively dust-free plain rich in a mineral called gray hematite, which paints the ground a kind of charcoal brown color.
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Opportunity's first 360-degree panoramic look at Meridiani Planum snapped by the rover's navigation camera.
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Color panorama of the bedrock outcropping The NASA JPL team was elated when Opportunity's photographs of Meridiani Planum revealed a nearby outcropping of bedrock, the first ever seen on Mars by explorers from Earth. This sweeping panoramic look at the unusual rock outcropping near the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was recorded by the rover's panoramic camera. Geologists suggest the layered rocks are either sediments laid down by wind or water, or volcanic ash deposits. More bedrock pictures are below.
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An Opportunity photograph of a nearby outcropping of bedrock on Meridiani Planum, the first ever seen on Mars by explorers from Earth. More bedrock pictures are below.
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Another Opportunity photo of a bedrock outcropping on Meridiani Planum. The extensive outcropping in the crater is small in scale when compared to the size of the rover. Another bedrock picture is below.
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This was Opportunity's first photo of an outcropping of bedrock on Meridiani Planum. It splashed a great wave of excitement over the geologists on the JPL team.
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The surface of Mars around NASA's exploration rover Opportunity has been disturbed here by impressions left in soil by the lander's airbag.
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The surface of Mars around NASA's exploration rover Opportunity
has been disturbed here by impressions left in soil by the lander's airbag.
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The surface of Mars around NASA's exploration rover Opportunity
has been disturbed here by impressions left in soil by the lander's airbag.
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The martian surface and horizon near NASA's exploration rover
Opportunity. The rover touched down on a flat, relatively dust-free
plain rich in a mineral called gray hematite, which paints the
ground a kind of charcoal brown color.
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The martian surface and horizon near NASA's exploration rover
Opportunity. The rover touched down on a flat, relatively dust-free
plain rich in a mineral called gray hematite, which paints the
ground a kind of charcoal brown color.
Image credit: NASA/JPL click image to enlarge
Opportunity used a mast-molunted camera to shoot a picture
of itself down on the Meridiani Planum. The rover landing
platform is sitting on a flat, relatively dust-free plain rich in
a mineral called gray hematite, which paints the ground a
kind of charcoal brown color.
Image credit: NASA/JPL click image to enlarge
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