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Opportunity View of 'Lyell' Layer (False Color) Target Name:   Mars Spacecraft:   Opportunity Instrument:   Panoramic Camera Produced by:   NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA10238 Date Taken:   4 Feb 2008 Related Documents Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions Mars Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA10238.jpg JPEG 1024 x 1024 281K PIA10238.tif TIFF 1024 x 1024 3M This view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows bedrock within a stratigraphic layer informally named "Lyell," which is the lowermost of three layers the rover has examined at a bright band around the inside of Victoria Crater. Opportunity used its panoramic camera (Pancam) to capture this image with low-sun angle at a local solar time of 3:21 p.m. during the rover's 1,433rd Martian day, of sol (Feb. 4, 2008). This view combines separate images taken through the Pancam filters centered on wavelengths of 753 nanometers, 535 nanometers and 432 nanometers. It is presented in a false-color stretch to bring out subtle color differences in the scene.

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