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Southern Half of Spirit's 'Bonestell' Panorama - Sol 1599 (natural colors; credits: Lunexit)
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In the center foreground, the turret of tools at the end of Spirit's Robotic Arm (RA) appears in duplicate because the arm was repositioned between the days when the images making up that part of the mosaic were taken.
On the horizon, the highest point is "McCool Hill". This is one of the 7 larger hills in the Columbia Hills range. Home Plate is in the inner basin of the range, between McCool Hill to the South and "Husband Hill" to the North.
To the right of McCool Hill, in the center of the image and closer to Home Plate, is a smaller hill capped with a light-toned outcrop. This hill is called "Von Braun", and it is a possible destination the Rover Team has discussed for the next season of driving by Spirit, after the solar energy level increases in the Martian Spring. The flat horizon in the right-hand portion of the panorama is the basaltic plain onto which Spirit landed on Jan. 4, 2004.
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