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PIA05539: Three Stops Ahead
This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view ahead of the rover. Directly in front of the rover is the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow,' where it dug a trench with one of its wheels.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  1099 x 875 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05539.tif (1.367 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05539.jpg (199.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the view ahead of the rover on the 44th martian day, or sol, if its mission. Directly in front of the rover is the shallow depression dubbed "Laguna Hollow," where it dug a trench with one of its wheels. Further in the distance and to the right is the rock nicknamed "Humphrey," and even further up and to the right is another rock called "Hole Point." These three features line the path the rover is taking to the large crater dubbed "Bonneville." Listed on the picture are the sols on which the rover reached each of these milestones.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-11