This is the first colour image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California on January 6, 2004. It is the highest resolution image ever taken on the surface of another planet. [NASA Photo] The smooth surfaces of angular and rounded rocks seen in this image of the martian terrain released by NASA  Tuesday Jan. 6, 2004 may be the result of wind-polishing debris. The pictue was taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. NASA unveiled a breathtaking color photo of the surface of Mars, the sharpest photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars. [NASA Photo]

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, top right, talks during a Reporters Roundtable discussion after reporters viewed the first color image from NASA's Spirit, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at NASA headquarters in Washington. [NASA Photo]

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