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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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At Work in the Plains of Meridiani
Title
At Work in the Plains of Meridiani
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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This image taken by the hazard-avoidance camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover investigating a bright patch of soil dubbed "Mont Blanc." The rover used its microscopic imager, located on the instrument deployment device, or arm, to take pictures of Mont Blanc on sol 59, two sols after it exited 'Eagle Crater.' Later, Opportunity observed the spot with its Moessbauer and alpha particle X-ray spectrometers, also located on the arm. Though Mont Blanc appears unusually bright amidst the dark plains of Meridiani Planum, scientists believe it is the same red dust that blankets most of the surface of Mars. The soil patch appears to have collected downwind of Eagle Crater. The rover is facing northwest.
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This image taken by the hazard-avoidance camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover investigating a bright patch of soil dubbed "Mont Blanc." The rover used its microscopic imager, located on the instrument deployment device, or arm, to take pictures of Mont Blanc on sol 59, two sols after it exited 'Eagle Crater.' Later, Opportunity observed the spot with its Moessbauer and alpha particle X-ray spectrometers, also located on the arm. Though Mont Blanc appears unusually bright amidst the dark plains of Meridiani Planum, scientists believe it is the same red dust that blankets most of the surface of Mars. The soil patch appears to have collected downwind of Eagle Crater. The rover is facing northwest.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
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NASA/JPL
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Opportunity
Spacecraft
Opportunity
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mars
Target_Name
Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Hazard Identification Camera
Instrument
Hazard Identification Camera
Instrument
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Product Size:
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512 samples x 512 lines
Product_Size
512 samples x 512 lines
Product Size
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
facet_what
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Crater
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Crater
facet_what
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Mars
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Mars
facet_what
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Opportunity
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Opportunity
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Imager
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Imager
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Microscopic Imager
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Microscopic Imager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
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Hazard-identificatio n Camera
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Hazard-Avoidance Camera
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Hazard-Avoidance Camera
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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Image #:
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PIA05652
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05652
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05652
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