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Robledo

         This mosaic was acquired by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Sol 4972 (January 18, 2018).  This mosaic showcases the majority of a rock outcrop in front of the rover named Robledo. A bit to the left of the outcrop shown here is a another part of Robledo also imaged on Sol 4972. The rainbow shadows of Pancam and the rover's solar panels at the bottom of the right frames reminds us of the complicated process Opportunity uses to obtain color images. Each frame is made in color by stacking three separate images of red, green, and blue filtered light. Because of the time delay between each frame and each filter, the neat rainbow artifact of the shadows is created from the sun progressing across the sky changing the length of shadows. Pancam's 753 nm, 535 nm, and 432 nm filters were used in making this mosaic.  Two versions are provided at full resolution: an approximate true color rendering, and a false color rendering which enhances the subtle color differences in the scene.

        

 


Jim Bell
Pancam Instrument Lead
May 29, 2018

Full Resolution Images
True Color Thumb
  Approximate
  True Color   .jpg    .tif
  Image size: 8058 x 2608
 
False Color Thumb
  False Color    .jpg    .tif
  Image size: 8058 x 2608

 
   Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
   Image mosaicking:
     Jon Beans Proton,
     Jonathan Joseph,
     Emily Dean
   Calibration and color
   rendering: CCC
   and the Pancam team (Jim Bell)
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