![]() The rock dubbed "Mazatzal" and the hole the rover drilled in to it can be seen at the lower left. This cylindrical mosaic taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 82 shows the view south of the large crater dubbed "Bonneville." The rover will travel toward the Columbia Hills, seen here at the upper left. The colors have been exaggerated to enhance the differences between cleaner and dustier rocks, and lighter and darker soils. In the distance are the eastern-lying "Columbia Hills." This image was assembled from images in the panoramic camera's near-infrared (750 nanometer), green (530 nanometer), and violet (432 nanometer) filters. The view shows the direction of the rover's future drive destination. This enhanced false-color mosaic image from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit panoramic camera shows the view acquired after the rover drove approximately 50.2 meters (165 feet) on the martian afternoon of sol 89 (April 3, 2004). The view ispresented in a cylindrical-perspective projection with geometrical seamcorrection. This 360-degree stereo anaglyph of the terrain surrounding NASA's MarsExploration Rover Spirit on the 148th martian day of the rover's missioninside Gusev Crater, on June 2, 2004, was assembled from images taken bySpirit's navigation camera. Spirit is pointing toward the base of the"Columbia Hills." This cylindrical-perspective stereo mosaic was created from navigationcamera images acquired by NASAĆs Mars Exploration Rover Spirit duringSpirit's sol 153, on June 8, 2004. ![]() Since landing at Gusevcrater, Spirit has put more than 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles) on its odometer.Much of this can be attributed to the long drives the rover had to undertaketo reach these interesting landforms. ![]() The image, projected at a cylindrical perspective, highlightsSpirit's arrival at the base of the Columbia Hills. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the images that make up this360-degree mosaic anaglyph with its navigation camera on sol 156 (June 11,2004). One possible explanation for these findings is thatwater percolated through underground material and dissolved out minerals,then as the water evaporated near the surface, it left concentrated saltsbehind. Concentrations of those two elements varied in parallel atdifferent locations in the trench, suggesting that they may be paired as amagnesium-sulfate salt. This image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration RoverSpirit shows a trench dug by the rover on its way toward the "ColumbiaHills." Measurements taken of the soil contained in the trench by Spirit'salpha particle X-ray spectrometer showed the presence of sulfur andmagnesium. These outerrinds are reminiscent of those found on rocks at Meridiani Planum's "EagleCrater." This image was captured on sol 158 (June 13, 2004). ![]() The insides of these rocks appear tohave been eroded, while their outer rinds remain more intact. This picture was taken on sol 159 (June14, 2004).To the right is a set of rocks referred to as "Rotten Rocks" for theirresemblance to rotting loaves of bread. Scientists are intriguedby this unusual-looking, nodule-covered rock and plan to investigate itsdetailed chemistry in coming sols. This false-color image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars ExplorationRover Spirit shows the rock dubbed "Pot of Gold" (upper left), located nearthe base of the "Columbia Hills" in Gusev Crater. The images in this mosaic, acquired on sol 149 (June 3,2004), were taken with the camera's 600, 530, and 480 nanometer filters fromthree rover positions approximately 300 meters (984 feet) away from the baseof the hills. Scientists plan to use the science instruments on therover to analyze the composition of rock and soil at the hills," Spirit'splanned destination. This approximate true-color rendering of the central part of the "ColumbiaHills" was made using images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spiritpanoramic camera.
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