- Original Caption Released with Image:
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A movie assembled from frames taken by the rear hazard-identification
camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the last few days of
the rover's ascent to the crest of "Husband Hill" inside Mars' Gusev
Crater. The rover was going in reverse. Rover planners often drive Spirit
backwards to keep wheel lubrication well distributed. The images in this
clip span a timeframe from Spirit's 573rd martian day, or sol (Aug, 13,
2005) to sol 582 (Aug. 22, 2005), the day after the rover reached the
crest. During that period, Spirit drove 136 meters (446 feet),
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:
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2005-09-15
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