Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Covered Ground
Original Caption Released with Image:
This image is a traverse map, illustrating Spirit's path over the last 45 sols. When the rover reached the point called "Laguna Hollow," it had driven 131 meters (430 feet) from Columbia Memorial Station. The rover heading is 45 degrees to the northeast. On the horizon behind the lander looms the landmark informally named "Grissom Hill." Over the relatively flat traverse, Spirit has made observations of rocks such as "Adirondack" and utilized the tools on its arm to investigate soil in several locations. Spirit stayed at "Laguna Hollow" for 3 sols, dug a trench and observed the floor and wall of it with three of the instruments on its arm: the Moessbauer spectrometer, the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and the microscopic imager. Spirit is about halfway to the edge of the crater dubbed "Bonneville.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/OSU/Cornell
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Spacecraft:
Spirit
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Panoramic Camera
Product Size:
1871 samples x 1022 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Spirit
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Imager
facet_what:
Panoramic Camera
facet_what:
Microscopic Imager
facet_what:
Moessbauer Spectrometer
facet_what:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
facet_what:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA05441
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05441
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Covered Ground