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PIA03064: After Conquering 'Husband Hill,' Spirit Moves On (Polar)
This polar projection from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit taken on Oct 16, 2005 shows where the rover explored Gusev Crater on Mars.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  4093 x 4093 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03064.tif (16.77 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03064.jpg (1.04 MB)  

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The first explorer ever to scale a summit on another planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has begun a long trek downward from the top of "Husband Hill" to new destinations. As shown in this 180-degree panorama from east of the summit, Spirit's earlier tracks are no longer visible. They are off to the west (to the left in this view). Spirit's next destination is "Haskin Ridge," straight ahead along the edge of the steep cliff on the right side of this panorama.

The scene is a mosaic of images that Spirit took with the navigation camera on the rover's 635th Martian day, or sol, (Oct. 16, 2005) of exploration of Gusev Crater on Mars. This view is presented in a polar projection with geometric seam correction.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-21