Summit Panorama (1) - Sol 583-586

The PanCam on NASA's MER Spirit took the hundreds of images combined into this 360° view, the "Husband Hill Summit" panorama. The images were acquired on Spirit's sols 583 to 586 (Aug. 24 to 27, 2005), shortly after the Rover reached the crest of "Husband Hill" inside Mars' Gusev Crater. This is the largest panorama yet acquired from either Spirit or Opportunity. The PanCam shot 653 separate images in 6 different filters, encompassing the Rover's deck and the full 360° of surface rocks and soils visible to the camera from this position. This is the first time the camera has been used to image the entire Rover deck and visible surface from the same position.
Stitching together of all the images took significant effort because of the large changes in resolution and parallax across the scene.