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Rock Garden - Sol 32 (Enhanced Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL)
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This enhanced color image mosaic of the Rock Garden area west of the lander was made using images acquired in the mid-morning of Sol 32 by the IMP camera as part of the Super-Pan data set.
At each camera frame position, a Super-Pan image contains 15 frames (6 frames for 3-color stereo and 9 more individual narrow color bands). This mammoth color and stereo data set will be used to derive high quality topographic maps of the surface and detailed shapes of rocks and other surface features, and to map subtle chemical, mineralogical, and textural variations on rocks and soils. Red, green, and blue filter images from the right eye were combined to simulate slightly amplified natural color. The "bookshelf" rocks visible in the background include Shark, Half-Dome, Moe and Stimpy. The Rover Soujourner completed imaging and APXS measurements of these rocks on Sol 71. Small rocks below and to the right of Flat Top appear to have been moved and/or pushed into the soil, probably by the spacecraft during landing. A portion of South Peak is visible in the upper right corner of the mosaic. One of the solar-panel-covered lander petals and the forward rover ramp are visible in the foreground.
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(Dettagli)
