Thursday, September 08, 2005
Spirit Sol 598 First Navcams
Spirit has driven back west a bit to the point where she came down from the summit. This is probably the position (or close to it?) where she will take the second pancam mosaic of the "Inner Basin" area, this time using multiple filters. Two mosaics are being taken of the area from different locations to perform long baseline stereo imaging; this will be used to plan Spirit's eventual descent down the hill, according to Steve Squyres in an interview with Doug Ellison. One long-range goal is to visit "Home Plate" (not visible in this image).
A view back up the hill.