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Around the "Winter Haven" (1) - Sol 807
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Caption NASA originale:"This view shows tracks created by NASA's MER Spirit while traveling from the bright soil deposit (...), informally named Tyrone, to the vehicle's current location, dubbed Winter Haven.
Spirit parked at Winter Haven on a small North-facing slope to maximize solar energy input during the Martian Winter. This stayover presents an opportunity to do more intensive, long-term investigations of the Rover's surroundings than are typically possible during warmer seasons when the vehicle spends more time driving from place to place. One of these activities is assessing the influence of wind by monitoring surface changes. Experience from the Viking Landers of the 1970s suggests that wind-related surface changes are more likely to occur in recently disturbed soil. This mosaic view combines 2 cameras' images of disturbed soil in Spirit's tracks, taken shortly after arriving at Winter Haven.
It will provide a comparison with future images to help reveal any wind-related surface changes".
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