PIA05086: Location of Spirit's Home
This image shows where Earth would set on the martian horizon from the perspective of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit if it were facing northwest atop its lander at Gusev Crater.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Hazcam 
 Product Size:  1122 x 368 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05086.tif (609.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05086.jpg (71.63 kB)  

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This image shows where Earth would set on the martian horizon from the perspective of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit if it were facing northwest atop its lander at Gusev Crater. Earth cannot be seen in this image, but engineers have mapped its location. This image mosaic was taken by the hazard-identification camera onboard Spirit.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-14