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Microscopic 3-D Image of Spherical Rock Granules

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, after the Moessbauer spectrometer, an instrument located on the rover's instrument deployment device was pressed down to measure the soil's iron mineralogy. The area in this image is approximately 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across.

A smaller version of this photo was included in the article:
Rovers Send Data for NASA Scientists and Students
- February 12, 2004

 

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