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PIA05924: The Road Less Traveled (left eye)
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera
 Product Size:  7704 x 1349 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05924.tif (7.074 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05924.jpg (1.106 MB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This left eye of a stereo pair of views in a cylindrical-perspective projection was created from navigation camera images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired on sol 127 (May 12, 2004). Spirit is sitting at site 48. The tracks show the path the rover has traveled so far on its way to the base of the "Columbia Hills." In this image, the hills can be seen silhouetted against the horizon on the far left side. Spirit will reach the base of the hills by sol 160.

See PIA05923 for 3-D view and PIA05925 for right eye view of this left eye cylindrical-perspective projection.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-05-14