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Mars: Spirit' Santa Anita Panorama. 05/2004

by

Nasa/JPL/Cornell/Novapix

Reference

a-mar08-00121

Date

2006-10-16

This color mosaic taken on May 21, 25 and 26, 2004, by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was acquired from a position roughly three-fourths the way between "Bonneville Crater" and the base of the "Columbia Hills." The rover was roughly 600 meters (1,968 feet) from the base of the hills. This mosaic, referred to as the "Santa Anita Panorama," is comprised of 64 pointings, acquired with six of the panoramic camera's color filters, including one designed specifically to allow comparisons between orbital and surface brightness data. A total of 384 images were acquired as part of this panorama. The mosaic is an approximate true-color rendering.