PIA01134: Sojourner Rover View of Shark and Half Dome

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF) Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Rover Instrument: Rover Cameras Product Size: 370 samples x 288 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P49704 MRPS86810 Addition Date: 1998-01-07 Other Information: Science Magazine, 5 December, 1997 Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE Full-Res TIFF: PIA01134.tif (108.9 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01134.jpg (22.28 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: The rounded knobs (arrows) up to 3 or 4 cm wide on Shark (left; approximately 70 cm wide)) and Half Dome (upper right) and in the foreground could be pebbles in a cemented matrix of clays, silts, and sands; such rocks are called conglomerates. Well-rounded objects like these were not seen at the Viking sites. NOTE: original caption as published in Science Magazine. Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Image Credit: NASA/JPL