PIA06710: Hilly Surroundings (cylindrical)


Hilly Surroundings (cylindrical)

Caption:

This 360-degree view of the terrain surrounding NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was taken on the rover's 189th sol on Mars (July 15, 2004). It was assembled from images taken by the rover's navigation camera at a position referred to as Site 72, which is at the base of the "West Spur" portion of the "Columbia Hills." The view is presented in a cylindrical projection with geometrical seam correction.

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 Navigation Camera (Navcam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-07-22
Date in Caption 2004-07-15
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06710
Identifier PIA06710