NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection

A Presidential Panorama of Mars

Scroll right to unfold one of the great panoramas ever taken on the surface of Mars [ http://www.seds.org…]. For best viewing, click and hold the right arrow icon at the bottom of your browser window. This image [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…], dubbed a "presidential panorama" by the Mars Pathfinder team [ http://entertainmen…], shows in colorful detail the surroundings of the Sagan Memorial Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Now look closely at the big rock midway through the scrolling picture. That rock is called Yogi [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and just to its left is the robot Sojourner Rover [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] taking measurements of it. Other now-famous rocks are also visible including Barnacle Bill [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Flat Top. After this picture was taken Sojourner went on to analyze a rock named Scooby Doo. The Mars Pathfinder mission [ http://mpfwww.jpl.n…] landed on 1997 July 4 and collected data [ http://imp.lpl.ariz…] for about three months. Analysis indicates [ http://imp.lpl.ariz…] that the Pathfinder site was likely awash in water in the distant past, but has been dry for the last two billion years.

IMP Team [ http://imp.lpl.ariz…], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]

Mars

Pathfinder

surface

Mars

Arizona

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Mars

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Mars Pathfinder

http://antwrp.gsfc.…

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