'String of Pearls' Up-Close

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this microscopic image of a feature called "String of Pearls" on sol 177.  The feature resides within the area dubbed "Hanks Hollow."  The "string" consists of a set of bright spots that are the partially exposed interiors of rocks that were broken-up when Spirit's wheels roved across this surface. The rocks exposed in Hank's Hollow seem to have been generated or modified by water-rich fluids.   

Credit: NASA/JPL

Image Provided by: Ken Herkenhoff
Caption info provided by: Ray Arvidson
Caption written by Stephenie Lievense

Original Image: /oss/mera/ops/ops/surface/tactical/sol/177/soas/rdr/mi/focal/working/A177pearl2raw.tif

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