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MiniTES and temperature changes of Endurance Crater

New TES and temperature images are on the JPL photojournal site.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA05933_modest.jpg


Image link here

Original Caption Released with Image: Surface composition in "Endurance Crater" is mapped with color-coded interpretation of data from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The information has been overlaid onto a view of the crater from Opportunity's panoramic camera. Green, such as on some slopes, indicates material rich in the mineral hematite. Blue and purple, such as on some cliffs of exposed rock, indicate the presence of basalt. Basaltic material is volcanic in origin, but the basalt may have been broken down into sand by weathering, then re-deposited by wind or water. Red indicates areas covered by martian dust.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
Image Note: dhb_overlay-B111R1


Here's how the temperature changes over a Sol:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA05927_modest.jpg


Original Caption Released with Image: Rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day indicate differences in particle size in and near "Bonneville Crater." Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera. This sequence of five frames begins at the top with data from 10:15 a.m. (PIA05928) local solar time at Spirit's location inside Mars' Gusev Crater. The times of the subsequent frames are 11:49 a.m. (PIA05929), 1:35 p.m. (PIA05930), 2:35 p.m. (PIA05931), and 4:39 p.m.(PIA05932). In this color-coded map, quicker reddening during the day suggests sand or dust. (Red is about 270 Kelvin or 27 degrees Fahrenheit.) An example of this is in the shallow depression in the right foreground. Areas that stay blue longer into the day have larger rocks. (Blue indicates about 230 Kelvin or minus 45 Degrees F.) An example is the rock in the left foreground.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU
Image Note: BON2_cut_all-B111R1


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