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The MER Spirit Landing Site (ctx frame - Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)
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This HiRISE image shows the Landing Site of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The impact crater in the upper left-hand portion of the image is "Bonneville Crater", which was investigated by Spirit shortly after landing. In the lower right-hand portion of the image is "Husband Hill", a large hill that Spirit climbed and where it spent much of its now nearly five-year mission.
M.L.T.: 15:29 (early afternoon)
Latitude (centered): 14,6° South and Longitude 175,5° East
Range to target site: 270,7 Km (approx. 169,2 miles)
Original image scale range: 27,1 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~81 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel and North is up
Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission angle: 15,8°
Phase angle: 73,6°
Solar Incidence Angle: 60°, with the Sun about 30° above the Local Horizon
Solar Longitude: 139,1° (Northern Summer)
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