PIA04423: Spirit Ascent Movie, Rover's-Eye View

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Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spacecraft: Spirit Instrument: Hazard Avoidance Camera Product Size: 256 samples x 256 lines Produced By: JPL Full-Res TIFF: PIA04423.tif (65.83 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA04423.jpg (10.12 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: 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: NASA/JPL