PIA05073: Hills Still a Distant Goal for Spirit
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this grey-scale panoramic camera image on sol 100, April 14, 2004. It captures Spirit's the highlands informally named 'Columbia Hills.'
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05073.tif (1.05 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05073.jpg (245.5 kB)  

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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this grey-scale panoramic camera image on sol 100, April 14, 2004. It captures Spirit's future destination at the highlands informally named "Columbia Hills." In this image, the hills are approximately 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) to the southeast.

Scientists believe the hills may consist of different and potentially older rock units than the basalts that Spirit has observed so far.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-16