Mars Pathfinder Super Pan
Explanation:
Spectacular details of rover tracks, wind-driven soil, and textured
rocks on the Martian surface fill
this color mosaic.
The view is north-northeast from
the Sagan Memorial Station at the
Pathfinder landing site on Mars.
These images are just
part of the "Super Panorama" -
a detailed color and
stereo
imaging data set being compiled by Pathfinder's
IMP camera.
The data set will be used to derive detailed topographic maps of
the landing site and to
further explore
the mineralogy of the martian rocks and soil.
The forward rover deployment ramp and
the rock named
Barnacle Bill,
appear in the foreground at the left while the larger
Yogi rock
is partly visible at the upper right.
Criss-crossing tracks were made by the cruising
Sojourner robot rover's spiked wheels.
With three wheels on each side,
the two foot long rover makes tracks about 1.5 feet apart.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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