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View from the Summit: the rim of Thira Crater and the Eastern Horizon - Sol 582
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Original caption:"After 581 Soles and 4810 meters (about 2,99 miles), Spirit reached the crest of Husband Hill.
The top of the hill is moderately flat and fairly easy to navigate. Even though Sol 581 (Aug. 21, 2005) marked a major accomplishment for Spirit, the "little rover that could" had no time to rest. On sol 582, the team commanded the Rover to drive to a better location for taking images in all directions. This spot was about 20 mt (about 66 feet) along the crest, and it was from this location that Spirit started acquiring frames with the PanCam for a 360°, full-color, panorama.
The panoramic imaging will take about 12 hours to complete. In Mars time this means about four sols. On sols 583, 584 and 585, Spirit will image the martian landscape, and the team will wait until sol 586 to image the rover equipment deck.
Since Spirit will be in the same location for a while, Spirit placed its robotic arm onto an undisturbed soil target and started a long Mössbauer spectrometer integration on Sol 584".
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