A close-up view of the rock 'Moe' in the Rock Garden at the Pathfinder
landing site. Moe is a meter-size boulder that, as seen from Sojourner,
has a relatively smooth yet pitted texture upon close examination.
Such a texture is seen on Earth on rocks that have been abraded by
wind in a process that is analogous to sand blasting. This view of Moe
shows two faces on the rock, one (left side of the rock) facing
north-northeast and the other (right side) facing east. These two
faces are thought to have been pitted and fluted by strong, 'sand'-
carrying winds from the northeast.
This image and PIA01565
(right eye) make up a stereo pair.
Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost
spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder
mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is an
operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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