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![figure 1 for PIA04994](https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA04994_context_thumb.jpg) | ![figure 2 for PIA04994](https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA04994_context_words_thumb.jpg) | Click for larger view
The bright white dot in this image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is the Sun, used to help point the rover's high-gain antenna toward Earth. The inset shows the Sun magnified five times.
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JPL/NASA/Cornell
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2004-01-05
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