RELEASE DATE:
03/24/04

IMAGE FILENAME:

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SUMMARY INFORMATION:

Post brush approximate true color pancam image of Mazatzal.

NAME SUBMITTER:
Jascha Sohl-Dickstein

INSTITION:
Cornell

THEME/TEAM/GROUP:
Pancam

ROVER:
Spirit

SOL OF OBSERVATION:
79

EARTH DATE OF OBSERVATION:
03/23/04

TITLE OF IMAGE:
Brushing Mazatzal

CAPTION:
This panoramic camera image was taken by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 79 after completing a two-location brushing on the rock named “Mazatzal.”  The brushing on targets Illinois and New York successfully removed a coating of fine, lose, dust-like material and reveals the weathered rock underneath.   In this image, Spirit’s panoramic camera mast assembly, or camera head, can be seen shadowing Mazatzal’s surface.  This approximate true color image was taken with the 601, 535 and 482 nanometer filters. 

The center of the two brushed spots are approximately 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) apart and will be aggressively analyzed by the instruments on the robotic arm on sol 80.  Plans for sol 81 are to grind into the New York target, seen here on the left, in attempt to get past any weathered rock and expose the original, internal rock underneath.  


Credit:  NASA/JPL/Cornell

APPROVED BY:
Jascha Sohl-Dickstein 

AND

Jim Bell


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