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PIA07263: Spirit's Surroundings on 'West Spur,' Sol 305
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Navigation Camera
 Product Size:  7466 x 1075 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07263.tif (6.741 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07263.jpg (1.121 MB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This 360-degree panorama shows the terrain surrounding NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as of the rover's 305th martian day, or sol, (Nov. 11, 2004). At that point, Spirit was climbing the "West Spur" of the "Columbia Hills." The rover had just finished inspecting a rock called "Lutefisk" and was heading uphill toward an area called "Machu Picchu." Spirit used its navigational camera to take the images combined into this mosaic. The rover's location when the images were taken is catalogued as the mission's site 89, position 205. The view is presented here as a cylindrical projection with geometric seam correction.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2005-01-14