PIA05135: View from above Landing Site
The image on the left is a computer-generated model of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander at Gusev Crater. On right is an actual image of the lander on Mars taken Jan. 19, 2004, by the camera onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  640 x 480 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05135.tif (572.7 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05135.jpg (38.52 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
The image on the left is a computer-generated model of Spirit's lander at Gusev Crater as engineers and scientists would have expected to see it from a perfect overhead view. The background is a reprojected image taken by the Spirit panoramic camera on Sol 19 (Jan. 21-22, 2004). The picture on the right is an actual image of the lander on Mars taken Jan. 19, 2004, by the camera on board Mars Global Surveyor. The tops of both images face north.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-23