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PIA11961: Dust Devil in Spirit's View Ahead on Sol 1854

Target Name:	Mars
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:	Spirit
Instrument:	Navigation Camera
Product Size:	4191 x 1003 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA11961.tif (4.212 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA11961.jpg (471.5 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its navigation camera to take the images that have been combined into this stereo, 180-degree view of the rover's surroundings during the 1,854th Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's surface mission (March 21, 2009).

The rover had driven 13.79 meters (45 feet) westward earlier on Sol 1854.

West is at the center, where a dust devil is visible in the distance. North on the right, where Husband Hill dominates the horizon; Spirit was on top of Husband Hill in September and October 2005. South is on the left, where lighter-toned rock lines the edge of the low plateau called "Home Plate."

This view is presented as a cylindrical projection with geometric seam correction.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2009-03-26