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Target Name:  Mars
Spacecraft:  Opportunity
Instrument:  Microscopic Imager
Produced by:  NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS
Copyright: Copyright Free
Date Released: 13 February 2004

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This 3-D image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity rover shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. Scientists are studying these curious formations for clues about the soil's history. The observed area is 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) across.

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