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PIA05450: Long and Winding Road
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera
 Product Size:  7466 x 1008 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05450.tif (6.214 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05450.jpg (966.5 kB)

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This image shows the path the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has traveled since it landed 53 martian days, or sols, ago. "Laguna Hollow," the shallow depression where Spirit dug a trench, can be seen to the right of center. Spirit stayed at "Laguna Hollow" for 3 sols, investigating the fine-grained soil contained there and the trench it dug with one of its wheels. The rover is headed northeast toward a large crater nicknamed "Bonneville." This navigation camera image mosaic was taken from the rover's new location, a region dubbed "Middle Ground" located 98 meters (322 feet) away from "Bonneville."

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-26