‘Gibson’ Panorama by Spirit at ‘Home Plate’ (False Color)
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Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Layers at Home Plate
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this high-resolution view of intricately layered exposures of rock while parked on the northwest edge of the bright, semi-circular feature known as "Home Plate." The rover was perched at a 27-degree upward tilt while creating the panorama, resulting in the "U" shape of the mosaic. Figure 1: (a) the northern edge of Home Plate, (b) the coarse-grained lower unit, (c) the fine-grained upper unit.
Spirit acquired 246 separate images of this scene using 6 different filters on the panoramic camera (Pancam) during the rover's Martian days, or sols, 748 through 751 (Feb. 9 through Feb. 12, 2006). The field of view covers 160 degrees of terrain around the rover.
Evidence of Volcanic Explosion
The lower coarse-grained unit shows granular textures toward the bottom of the image and massive textures (figure 2). Also shown is a feature interpreted to be a "bomb sag," which is four centimeters across. This false color image was obtained using Spirit's panoramic camera.
Cataloging Keywords:
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Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Exploration Rover (MER) |
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Instrument Host |
Spirit (MER-A) |
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Host Type |
Rover |
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Instrument |
Panoramic Camera (Pancam) |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Color, Volcano |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2006-03-06 |
Date in Caption |
2006-02-12 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS/Cornell University |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02689 |
Identifier |
PIA02689 |