PIA05073: Hills Still a Distant Goal for Spirit


Hills Still a Distant Goal for Spirit

Caption:

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this grey-scale panoramic camera image on sol 100, April 14, 2004. It captures Spirit's future destination at the highlands informally named "Columbia Hills." In this image, the hills are approximately 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) to the southeast.

Scientists believe the hills may consist of different and potentially older rock units than the basalts that Spirit has observed so far.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-04-16
Date in Caption 2004-04-14
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05073
Identifier PIA05073