Iron Meteorite on Mars, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and nickel. Opportunity used its panoramic camera to take the images used in this approximately true-color composite on the rover's 339th martian day, or sol on January 6, 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell

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