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PIA12500: Rear Camera View of Backward Drive, Sols 2145-2154
This NASA Spirit image view is toward the south, looking down at Spirit's rear wheels. It is one of a series of wide-angle views shown one after the other. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Hazcam 
 Product Size:  1024 x 512 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Other  
Information: 		 JPL News Release 2010-030 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA12500.tif (525 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA12500.jpg (44.5 kB)  

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This animation aids evaluation of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's motion during five drives on sols 2145 through 2154 (Jan. 14 through Jan. 23, 2010).

The series of wide-angle views shown one after the other in this animation come from Spirit's rear hazard-avoidance camera.

The view is toward the south, looking down at Spirit's rear wheels.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2010-01-26