Images

This is the Spirit panoramic camera's "Lookout" panorama, acquired on the rover's 410th to 413th martian days, or sols (Feb. 27 to Mar...

Gazing across the landscape of the "Columbia Hills" in Gusev Crater on Mars, scientists saw hints of tilted rock layers across the are...

These two images from 10 days apart show that dust was removed from the panoramic camera's calibration target on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover...

This image shows rocky debris and dust, which planetary scientists call "regolith" or "soil," that has been churned up by the ...

Opportunity used its panoramic camera to take the images combined into this mosaic view of the rover.

This view captured by Spirit called "Legacy" panorama, combines images taken between the landing site and the rim of "Bonnevile Cr...

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image of the region near "Husband Hill."

This stunning image features the heat shield impact site of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

Since landing on Mars a year ago, NASA's pair of six-wheeled geologists have been constantly exposed to martian winds and dust.

Opportunity found an iron meteorite on Mars, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet.

This image from Opportunity's panoramic camera features the remains of the heat shield that protected the rover from temperatures of up to 2,0...

Opportunity captured this view of "Burns Cliff" after driving right to the base of this southeastern portion of the inner wall of "...

This stunning image mosaic of the "Columbia Hills" is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Spirit after arriving at the hills.

At a rock called "Clovis," the rock abrasion tool on Spirit cut a 9-millimeter (0.35-inch) hole. To the right of the drill hole is a...

This false-color image taken by Spirit shows a group of darker rocks dubbed "Toltecs," lying to the southeast of the rover's position....

As NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity creeps farther into "Endurance Crater," the dune field on the crater floor appears even m...

As Opportunity crept farther into "Endurance Crater," the dune field on the crater floor appears even more dramatic, as seen in this f...

As Opportunity crept farther into "Endurance Crater," the dune field on the crater floor appeared even more dramatic.

The rock abrasion tool on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit ground two holes in a relatively soft rock called "Wooly Patch" near th...

This self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity comes courtesy of the Sun and the rover's front hazard-avoidance camera.

This view from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera is a false-color composite rendering of the first seven holes that th...

The pointy features, dubbed "Razorback," in this image may only be a few centimeters high but they generate major scientific interest.

This image is an approximately true color rendering of the slope of "Endurance Crater," which the Opportunity rover explored in 2004.

This false-color image highlights mysterious and sparkly dust-like material that is created when the soil in this region is disturbed.

This close-up image taken by Spirit highlights the nodular nuggets that cover the rock dubbed "Pot of Gold."

This 360-degree panorama shows "Endurance Crater" and the surrounding plains of Meridiani Planum.

The "Columbia Hills" flank Spirit's path in this view.

A forward-looking view of a portion of the "Columbia Hills" captured by Spirit shows the expansive hills ahead. It features "Husb...

This image highlights the bumpy terrain surrounding the rover.

The "Lion King" panorama was the largest panorama obtained by either rover in 2004.

This view taken by Spirit show's the "Columbia Hills" up ahead.

This is a close-up look at a rock grind by made with Spirit 's robotic arm on a rock target dubbed "Mazatzal."

This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera is an approximate true-color rendering of the exceptional rock calle...

This is a "scuff" mark or rover "boot print" in the Gusev Crater location dubbed "Serpent."

This is a look inside a soil trench or drift dubbed 'Serpent' after the rover successfully dug into the side of the drift.

This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera shows the results of the second drilling by the rock abrasion tool, ...

Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite.

This false-color image shows a close-up look at the rock dubbed "Humphrey."

This image shows the rock dubbed "Humphrey" and the circular areas on the rock that were wiped off by the rover.

This mosaic image, taken by the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a portion of the rock outcrop at Meridiani...

This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard Opportunity shows the rover's now-empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani...

This mosaic image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Merid...

This false-color image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity highlights the spherules that speckle the ...

The left image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridian...

The color image on the left was taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the part of the rock outcro...

The left image shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped formations in the martian soil near a part of the rock outcrop at Meridian...

Basketball has worldwide popularity, but you won't hear the squeak of sneakers on Mars! Airbags made this series of bounce marks when NASA's ...

This expansive view of the martian real estate surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is the first 360 degree, high-resolution col...

The 70m antenna at Goldstone, California against the background of the Mojave desert.

The circular shapes seen on the martian surface in these images are "footprints" left by Opportunity's airbags during landing as the s...