PIA05135: View from above Landing Site


View from above Landing Site

Caption:

The image on the left is a computer-generated model of Spirit's lander at Gusev Crater as engineers and scientists would have expected to see it from a perfect overhead view. The background is a reprojected image taken by the Spirit panoramic camera on Sol 19 (Jan. 21-22, 2004). The picture on the right is an actual image of the lander on Mars taken Jan. 19, 2004, by the camera on board Mars Global Surveyor. The tops of both images face north.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Instrument Host Spirit (MER-A) Mars Global Surveyor
Host Type Rover Orbiter
Instrument Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-01-23
Date in Caption 2004-01-19
Image Credit NASA/JPL/MSSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05135
Identifier PIA05135