Martian Lander panoramic Mars equipment
This image mosaic taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rover s landing site the Columbia Memorial Station at Gusev Crater Mars This spectacular view may encapsulate Spirit s entire journey from lander to its possible final destination toward the east hills On its way the rover will travel 250 meters 820 feet northeast to a large crater approximately 200 meters 660 feet across the ridge of which can be seen to the left of this image To the right are the east hills about 3 kilometers 2 miles away from the lander The picture was taken on the 16th martian day or sol of the mission Jan 18 19 2004 A portion of Spirit s solar panels appear in the foreground Data from the panoramic camera s green blue and infrared filters were combined to create this approximate true color image
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Photo credit: © NASA / S.Dupuis / Alamy / Afripics
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