If you could stand on Mars -- what would you see? Scrolling right will reveal a full color 360-degree panoramic [ http://marsrovers.j…] view from NASA's Spirit Rover [ http://marsrovers.j…] that landed on Mars just 10 days ago. The image [ http://photojournal…] is a digital mosaic from the panoramic camera that shows the view in every direction. Annotated on the image [ http://marsrovers.j…] are the directions and distances to various hills along the horizon [ http://marsoweb.nas…]. These hills are valuable for orienting Spirit since they are also visible to the Mars Global Surveyor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Mars Odyssey [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spacecraft orbiting high overhead. Visible in the foreground are several instruments and airbags around Columbia Memorial Station [ http://www.jpl.nasa…]. Spirit will attempt to roll [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] onto the red planet [ http://www.nineplan…] in the next few days and explore interesting features [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
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If you could stand on Mars -- what would you see? Scrolling right will reveal a full color 360-degree panoramic [ http://marsrovers.j…] view from NASA's Spirit Rover [ http://marsrovers.j…] that landed on Mars just 10 days ago. The image [ http://photojournal…] is a digital mosaic from the panoramic camera that shows the view in every direction. Annotated on the image [ http://marsrovers.j…] are the directions and distances to various hills along the horizon [ http://marsoweb.nas…]. These hills are valuable for orienting Spirit since they are also visible to the Mars Global Surveyor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Mars Odyssey [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spacecraft orbiting high overhead. Visible in the foreground are several instruments and airbags around Columbia Memorial Station [ http://www.jpl.nasa…]. Spirit will attempt to roll [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] onto the red planet [ http://www.nineplan…] in the next few days and explore interesting features [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
