Spirit s 3D View Towards Sleep Hollow
Explanation:
Working late, tired mission members nicknamed the
smooth-looking depression to the
left of center in this image from the martian
surface,
Sleepy Hollow.
The picture is a portion of
the 3D panorama of the
Spirit rover's
landing site released yesterday, constructed
with data from the Mars rover's navigation cameras.
Use
red/blue glasses, red for the left eye,
to get the 3D effect.
Sleepy Hollow is
estimated to be around 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and
about 12 meters (40 feet) away.
Possibly an impact crater, the martian surface feature
is a tantalizing potential site for a future visit when the golf
cart-sized
robotic rover ventures forth.
Covered with solar arrays, the rear deck
of the rover is
also visible in this view along with the top of an antenna at
the right.
An innovative camera
calibration target, a
martian
sundial, can be seen left of the antenna,
mounted near the edge of the rover's deck.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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& Michigan Tech. U.