Mars 3d Gallery

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  Pathfinder's Imager produced this image of the rock known as Wedge. Super resolutions was applied to bring out textures and details on the rock. Twin Peaks are moderate size hills to the southwest of Mars Pathfinder landing site. They were discovered on the first panoramas taken by the Imaging camera on July 4th, 1997. They were subsequently identified in Viking Orbiter images taken over twenty years earlier! The peaks are about 30-35 meters (about 100 feet) tall. North Twin is about 860 meters (2800 feet) from the lander and South Twin is about a kilometer (3300 feet) distant. Bouldery ridges and swales, or hummocks of flood debris can be seen in the image. The debris ranges from a few tens of meters away from the lander to a kilometer. The large rock at the right edge of the scene is nicknamed 'Hippo'. This rock is about a meter (3 feet) across and 25 meters (80 feet) distant. This Martian rock was dubbed Shark and is part of the Bookshelf at the rear of the Rock Garden. Shark is about 0.69 meters high and 0.40 meters high and is about 6.4 meters distant from the lander. The rocks appears to be a conglomerate. This is a 3d image of the Martian rover Sojourner. The rover has been deployed off the lander's rear ramp and is sitting on the surface of Mars. The rock Barnacle Bill is to the left of Sojourner and the large rock Yogi is at the upper right. The rock named Couch can be seen on the horizon. The lander's deflated airbags can be seen at lower right.  
 
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  This rock on Mars was dubbed Mini Matterhorn and is located immediately east southeast of the Pathfinder lander. The rock is about 3/4m wide. In this image, Sojourner has travelled off the lander's rear ramp and is sitting on the surface of Mars. The rock Barnacle Bill and the lander's rear ramp are to the left of Sojourner. <p>Big Crater is actually a pretty small Martian crater to the southeast of the Mars Pathfinder's landing site. The crater is 1500 meters (4900 feet) in diameter, about the same size as Meteor Crater in Arizona. Superimposed on the central part of the rim of Big Crater is another small crater called Rimshot Crater. The distance to Rimshot Crater, and the nearest portion of Big Crater, is 2200 meters (7200 feet.) To the right of Big Crater, almost lost in the haze is the large mountain named Knob. This mountain is over 450 meters (1480 feet) tall and over 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the spacecraft. Another feature, Southeast Knob, can be seen as a triangular peak to the left of the flanks of Big Crater rim This knob is 21 kilometers (13 miles) southeast from the spacecraft.</p><p>The larger features visible in this scene, Big Crater, Far Knob and Southeas Knob, were identified in Viking Orbiter images taken over 20 years ago! The scene includes rocky ridges and swales, or 'hummocks' of flood debris that range from a few tens of meters away from the lander to the distance of South Twin Peak. The largest rock in the foreground, just left of center, is named Otter and is about 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) long and about 10 meters (33 feet) distant from the spacecraft.</p> This is a 3d view of the rock named Ender, just south of the Pathfinder lander.  
 
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  Mars Global Surveyor took this crater image while in orbit around Mars. This crater is in the vicinity of the Pathfinder landing site. Scale is 5m (16.4 feet) per pixel. These two rocks are named Moe and Pumpkin. They are part of the feature called the Bookshelf, located at the rear of the Rock Garden, southwest of the Pathfinder landing site. Olympus Mons is the largest volcano discovered so far in the entire solar system, and is part of the Tharsis volcano area on Mars. The behemoth rises 25km (15.5 miles) high and stretches over 550 km (340 miles) from east to west. The summit caldera is a composite of at least seven circular collapsed depressions. The caldera itself if 66 by 83 km (41 by 52 miles) across. This image from the Martian surface was taken near the landing site of the Sagan Memorial Station.  
 
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  Mars Pathfinder's Imager took this image of the rock known as Yogi. Located about five meters northwest of the landing site, Yogi is about a meter in diameter. It was the second rock visited by the Sojourner Rover. This area of terrain is near the Sagan Memorial Station and was imaged by Mars Pathfinder. The curved rock is named Couch. The Pathfinder lander took this image of the Sojourner Rover poised near the rock called Flat Top. Barnacle Bill is a small rock just west-northwest of the Pathfinder landing site. It was the first rock visited by the Sojourner Rover. Super resolution was used to show texture of the rock.  
 
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  Mars Global Surveyor took this image of the surface of Mars. Unlike the Moon, which has no atmosphere to speak of, Mars has an atmosphere and the Martian surface does show signs of weathering. These layers of rock have had these ridges sculpted into them by the Martian winds. This 3d view of the rock known as Grommit was made by using the IMP cameras on Pathfinder. This panorama was taken by the deployed Imager for Mars Pathfinder. In the foreground are the lander petals, deflated airbags, ramps and the now deployed rover, Sojourner. Twin Peaks are on the horizon. Targets for Sojourner are the rock named Barnacle Bill, on the left and Yogi on the right. This is a 3d view of the Martian rock named Souffle, located to the left of Yogi. It was imaged by the rover Sojourner. Souffle is in the Ares region of Mars. The rock shows vesicular and pitted textures which could have resulted from volcanic or weathering processes.  
 
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  Another picture from the surface of Mars at the Pathfinder landing site. The large rock named Yogi is visible to the left. Also visible in the foreground are parts of the petal and deflated airbag from the lander. The Imager from Mars Pathfinder took this image of the rock dubbed Yogi. The soil in the foreground has been the location of multiple soil mechanics experiments performed by Sojourner's cleatedwheels. Pathfinder scientists were able to control the force inflicted on the soil beneath the rover's wheels, giving them insight into the soil's mechanical properties. The soil mechanics experiments were conducted after this image was taken. <p>Pathfinder's forward rover ramp is seen unfurled in this image. When this image was taken, Sojourner was still latched to one of the lander's petals, waiting for the command sequence that would execute its descent off of the lander's petal.</p><p>This image was used by Pathfinder scientists to determine which ramp to use in deployment of the rover. </p> This panorama is of the region northeast of the Pathfinder landing site. It was an area chosen for Sojourner to explore after the science objectives in the lander vicinity had been met. The large bright surface seen in the foreground about 10 meters from the spacecraft is known as 'Baker's Bench.' The large, elongated rock left of center in the middle distance is 'Zaphod.'  
 
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  3d image from Sagan Memorial Station on Mars. There are many prominent rocks in this area. On the horizon is Twin Peaks. A lander petal, airbag, and the rear ramp are at the lower area of the image. Geodessy is the measurement of a planet's shape and the location of surface features. During May 1999, the Wide Angle cameras were used aboard Mars Global Surveyor to map the whole planet at the resolution of 230 meters (750 feet,) per pixel. This 3d image shows an area from the Mare Tyrrhenum region, centered at 27.3 degrees S, 227.0 degrees W. The crater that dominates the center of the image is about 50 km (31 miles) across. This 3d image was taken in the area of Sagan Memorial Station. Wedge is on the lower left while Shark, Half-dome and Pumpkin are in the center. Flat Top, only about four inches high, is at lower right. The horizon in the distance is about one to two kilometers away. Barnacle Bill is a small rock very near to the Mars Pathfinder's landing site. It was the first rock visited by Sojourner and analyzed by the rover's alpha proton X-ray spectrometer.  
 
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  This view of Chimp was taken by the Sojourner Rover. The airbags from the Pathfinder lander can be seen in this image taken shortly after landing on Mars. Mars Global Surveyor took this image of the vicinity of the Viking Lander site. In general the Viking landing site is very flat. However raised rims and deep interiors of the larger impact crater can be seen. The largest crater is about 650 meters (2100 feet) across. Boo Boo is a small rock just past Yogi to the northwest. Boo Boo was imaged by Pathfinder.  
 
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  This image is the rock known as Flute Top and was produced by the Mars Pathfinder lander cameras. This image shows Pathfinder's forward rover ramp. When this image was taken, Sojourner was still latched to one of the lander's petals, waiting for the command sequence that would execute its descent off of the lander's petal. This view shows the feature known as Bookshelf Two and was produced by combining the Super Panorama from from the IMP camera on Pathfinder. This image is of the Martian rock Stimpy which is located in the area known as Rock Garden. Details in the rock, such as pits and flutes are visible.  
 
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  Barnacle Bill is a small rock just west-northwest of the Mars Pathfinder landing site. It was the first rock visited by the Sojourner Rover. This is a 3d image of the rock known as Hippo. Hippo sits 25 meters to the west of the Pathfinder lander. Ganges Chasma is part of the Valles Marineris canyon system that stretches nearly 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) across the western equatorial region of Mars. In the center of Ganges Chasma there is a huge stack of bright layered rock piled nearly as high as the outside rims of the canyon. A smaller outcropping of these layered rocks is visible in the lower right. The floor of Ganges Chasma is a thick, relatively flat sheet of dark windblown sand. The jumbled troughs and depressions that run from the north side of Ganges Chasma toward the upper right corner of the image were caused by a cavern forming under the surface followed by a partial collapse. Ganges Chasma is about 3 to 5 kilometers (2 to 3 miles) deep and this image covers an area 350 km (217 miles) wide. The image was taken by Mars Global Surveyor. This is the rock named Chimp, located southwest of the Pathfinder lander..  
 
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  This is another image taken from Sagan Memorial Station on Mars. This is the rock named 'Half Dome' and was imaged by Pathfinder. This 3d image was taken by Mars Global Surveyor, in orbit around Mars. This shows dunes around the Niki Patera region. 3d image from Sagan Memorial Station landing site on Mars.  
 
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  The cameras on Mars Pathfinder took this image of the Sojourner rover sitting by the rock named Ender. Image from Sagain Memorial Station on Mars. Rocks named Shark, Half-Dome, Pumpkin, Flat Top anf Frog are in the center of the image. Little Flat Top is to the right. This view of the Flat Top, southwest of the lander, was produced by combining the 'Super Panorama' frames from the IMP camera. Super resolution was applied to help to address questions about the texture of this rock and what it might tell us about its mode of origin. The ASI/MET is the Atmospheric Structure Instrument and Meteorology Package on Mars Pathfinder. Specifically it is the mast and windsocks at the center of this image. The instrument appears in two different sections due to image parallax. ASI/MET acquired atmospheric data during Pathfinder's descent and has continued to get more data during the mission. In this image, the windsocks are pointing up, indicating very little wind. A shadow of the ASI/MET can be seen on a rock at the left, indicating the Sun's position being at the rear right. Also in the image are portions of the lander petal and deflated airbags. Several rocks of various sizes can be seen in the distance.  
 
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  In this 3d view of Mars' surface, part of the Pathfinder's deflated airbags and a petal can be seen at the lower portion of this image. The metallic object at lower right is part of the lander's low-gain antenna This image was taken at Sagan Memorial Station on Mars. The rock named Wedge is at lower left while Shark, Half-Dome and Pumpkin are at center. Flat Top, about four inches high and Little Flat Top are right. The feature named Twin Peaks is about one to two kilometers away. The curvature in the image is due to parallax. The two hills in the distance, about one to two kilometers away, have been named Twin Peaks. The white areas on the left hill have been dubbed 'Ski Run' by scientists who believe the area may have been formed by hydrologic processes. An area of rough Martian terrain is prominent in this 3d image taken by Mars Pathfinder. The large rock at lower right has been named Wedge.  
 
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  These are layered outcrops on Mars imaged by Mars Global Surveyor.  
 
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