PIA07088: Spirit's Route in Black and White


Spirit’s Route in Black and White

Caption:

The Mars Orbital Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft took this image of the topography traversed by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in months prior to the rover's 318th martian day (Dec. 4, 2004). The yellow line traces the rover's path up to and across the "West Spur" of the "Columbia Hills."

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Mars Global Surveyor Spirit (MER-A)
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2004-12-08
Date in Caption 2004-12-04
Image Credit NASA/JPL/MSSS/NMMNHS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07088
Identifier PIA07088