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PIA05876: Tracks of Art
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this panoramic camera image of its wheel tracks on May 7, 2004. This short segment of track represents only a small portion of the long journey Spirit traveled toward the base of the Columbia Hills.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  906 x 1022 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05876.tif (927.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05876.jpg (163.8 kB)  

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Spirit took this panoramic camera image of its wheel tracks on sol 122 (May 7, 2004). This short segment of track represents only a small portion of the long journey Spirit has traveled toward the base of the "Columbia Hills," which still loom approximately 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) away. The tracks will be only a temporary scar on this martian landscape, as winds will eventually wipe them away.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-05-10