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Between 04:50:01 UTC and 04:53:19 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of this beautiful rock formation on the Martian soil
The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and so I applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious dots (“despeckle” filter).
I will never get tired of pointing out how the color variety of certain rocks often depends on “something” present mostly on the surface of the rocks themselves. In particular certain greenish streaks should receive more attention from astrobiologists!

RGB HD image processed: https://image.ibb.co/fZHSbT/Oppy_Sol5092.jpg

Original BN images:

Red (735nm with 20nm bandwidth)
04:50:01 UTC
15:36:08 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5092/1P580231332ESFD2FCP2382L2M1.HTML

Green (535nm with 20nm bandwidth)
04:51:42 UTC
15:37:46 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5092/1P580231433ESFD2FCP2382L5M1.HTML

Blue (432nm with 32nm bandwidth)
04:53:19 UTC
15:39:21 LTST https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/1/p/5092/1P580231530ESFD2FCP2382L7M1.HTML

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