PIA05249: Ripples in The Soil

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spacecraft: Spirit Instrument: Navigation Camera Product Size: 968 samples x 1008 lines Produced By: JPL Other Information: You will need 3D glasses Full-Res TIFF: PIA05249.tif (2.735 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA05249.jpg (202.4 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This is a three-dimensional stereo anaglyph of an image taken by the front navigation camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, showing an interesting patch of rippled soil. Spirit took this image on sol 37 (Feb. 9, 2004) after completing the longest drive ever made by a rover on another planet - 21.2 meters (69.6 feet). On sol 38 scientists plan to investigate this interesting location with the microscopic imager and Moessbauer spectrometer on Spirit's instrument deployment device. Image Credit: NASA/JPL