PIA05890: Spirit Heads Toward History (left eye)
This left-eye mosaic was created from images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired May 7, 2004.The rover was on its way to the 'Columbia Hills,' which can be seen on the horizon.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  7704 x 1359 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05890.tif (7.202 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05890.jpg (1.117 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This left eye of a stereo pair of views in a cylindrical-projection projection was created from navigation camera images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired on sol 122 (May 7, 2004). Spirit is sitting at site 43. The rover is on its way to the "Columbia Hills," which can be seen on the horizon. Spirit will spend the next 37 sols or more journeying to the base of these hills with the goal of learning more about Gusev Crater's past.

See PIA05889 for 3-D view and PIA05891 for right eye view of this left eye cylindrical-perspective projection.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-05-12