A Mars Panorama from the Spirit Rover
Explanation:
If you could stand on Mars -- what would you see?
Scrolling right will reveal a
full color 360-degree panoramic view from
NASA's Spirit Rover that landed on Mars just 10 days ago.
The
image is a digital mosaic from the panoramic camera
that shows the view in every direction.
Annotated on the
image are the directions and distances to various hills along the
horizon.
These hills are valuable for orienting Spirit since they are also visible to the
Mars Global Surveyor and
Mars Odyssey spacecraft orbiting high overhead.
Visible in the foreground are several instruments and
airbags around
Columbia Memorial Station.
Spirit will attempt to
roll onto the
red planet in the next few days and explore
interesting features.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
