Summit Panorama (2) - Sol 583-586

This panorama provided the team's first view of the Inner Basin Region, including the enigmatic Home Plate feature seen from orbital data. After investigating the Summit, Spirit drove downhill to get to the Inner Basin Region. Spirit arrived at the Summit from the west, along the direction of the Rover tracks seen in the middle right of the panorama. The peaks of "McCool Hill" and "Ramon Hill" can be seen on the horizon near the center of the panorama. The Summit Region itself is a broad, windswept plateau. Spirit spent more than a month exploring the Summit Region, measuring the chemistry and mineralogy of soils and rocky outcrops at the peak of Husband Hill for comparison with similar measurements obtained during the ascent.

Nota: questo panorama è in approx. true colors. Provate a confrontarlo con un altro panorama, sempre in approx. true colors (sic!) e relativo alla Regione di Erebus Crater (cfr. "Olympia Panorama") e poi provate a chiederVi dove sia la verità...