Walking on Mars with Spirit and Opportunity

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Walking on Mars with Spirit and Opportunity

SOL677-PIA03640-001.jpgInner Basin (1) - Sol 672 - 67756 visiteOriginal caption:"In late November 2005 while descending Husband Hill, NASA's MER Spirit took the most detailed panorama so far of the Inner Basin, the Rover's next target destination.
Spirit acquired the 405 individual images that make up this 360° view of the surrounding terrain using 5 different filters on the PanCam. The rover took the images on Soles 672 to 677 (Nov. 23 to 28, 2005).

This image is an approximately true-color rendering using camera's 750-, 530-, and 430-nnmt filters. Seams between individual frames have been eliminated from the sky portion of the mosaic to better simulate the vista a person standing on Mars would see".

SOL677-PIA03640-002.jpgInner Basin (2) - Sol 672 - 67754 visiteOriginal caption:"Home Plate, a bright, semi-circular feature scientists hope to investigate, is harder to discern in this image than in earlier views taken from higher up the hill. Spirit acquired this more oblique view, known as the Seminole Panorama, from about halfway down the south flank of Husband Hill, 50 mt (about 164 feet) or so below the Summit. Near the center of the Panorama, on the horizon, are McCool Hill and Ramon Hill, named, like Husband Hill, in honor of the fallen Astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia.
Husband Hill is visible behind the Rover, on the right and left sides of the panorama. An arc of rover tracks made while avoiding obstacles and getting into position to examine rock outcrops can be traced over a long distance by zooming in to explore the panorama in greater detail".

SOL677-PIA03640-003.jpgInner Basin (3) - Sol 672 - 67754 visiteOriginal caption:"Spirit is now significantly farther downhill toward the center of this panorama, en route to Home Plate and other enigmatic soils and outcrop rocks in the quest to uncover the history of Gusev Crater and the Columbia Hills".