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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Attacking Mars
Explanation:
The Spirit rover [ http://marsrovers.j…] attacked Mars again late last month. What might look, above, like a military attack, though, was once again just a scientific one - Spirit was instructed to closely inspect some interesting rocks near Columbia Hills [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Spirits Front Hazard Avoidance Camera captured [ http://marsrovers.j…] the rover's Instrument Deployment Device above as it guided the Microscopic Imager to get a closer look at a rock dubbed [ http://marsrovers.j…] Breadbox. Images taken [ http://marsrovers.j…] by the Microscopic Imager show a rock surface consistent [ http://news.bbc.co.…] with basalt [ http://volcanoes.us…] corroded by ancient groundwater [ http://www.epa.gov/…]. Structures with similar origins can be found, for example, in the Western Desert [ http://www.fao.org/…] of Egypt [ http://www.cia.gov/…] on Earth. The above picture [ http://photojournal…] taken on June 30, the 175th Martian day [ http://marsrovers.j…] that the Spirit rover has been on the red planet [ http://www.nineplan…].
Credit and Copyright:
Mars Exploration Rover Mission [ http://marsrovers.j…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov…]
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Mars
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Egypt
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Earth
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Mars
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Imager
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DMSP
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Spirit
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Microscopic Imager
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Columbia
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Hazard-Avoidance Camera
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SPD-APOD-ap040719

Attacking Mars