Meridiani Planum extends 79 miles (127 kilometers) by 39 miles (63 kilometers) and covers an area of roughly 3,100 square miles (8,000 square km), which is about the size of Cyprus.

Letter Published: 22 December 2005 A volcanic environment for bedrock diagenesis at Meridiani Planum on Mars Thomas M. McCollom & Brian M. Hynek Nature 438, 1129–1131 (2005) Cite this article ...

A report on the rover Opportunity's exploration of Meridiani Planum, Mars, with the observation, "We infer that conditions at Meridiani may have been habitable for some period of time in martian ...

Mars' Meridiani Planum, along the planet's equator, is about 29,700 square miles (77,000 square kilometers) — approximately the size of South Carolina. Deposits on Meridiani Planum can be seen ...

Science Magazine has published a report summarizing the science achievements of Opportunity. Opportunity landed on the Meridiani Planum to the general applause of the world.

Spectrometers on Mars orbiters had observed vast fields of hematite at Meridiani Planum, stretching over an area the size of Oklahoma. The rover Opportunity landed there Jan. 24 to find the source.

They have now determined that the rocks at Meridiani Planum were formed in a standing body of water, long since evaporated from the desiccated landscape of towering canyons and rock-strewn craters.

In the article, "In Situ Evidence for an Ancient Aqueous Environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars," he writes: "We cannot determine whether life was present or even possible in the waters at ...

The Meridiani Planum, shown in an image taken by the rover Opportunity, is a relatively flat area with some craters.(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona) ...

Meridiani Planum extends 127 km by 63 km and covers an area of roughly 8000 sq km, which is about the size of Cyprus. It was chosen as a central reference point for Mars' geographical coordinate ...

Mars' Meridiani Planum, along the planet's equator, is about 29,700 square miles (77,000 square kilometers) — approximately the size of South Carolina. Deposits on Meridiani Planum can be seen ...