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Images courtesy of NASA
One Small Step
Mars Exploration Rovers
Spirit and Opportunity

spirit-location Retracing Spirit's steps
Monday, February 16, 2004

Where the heck is Spirit? I don't know. But here's my best guess. To make this image, I used the directions and distances given at the news conferences and in the press releases combined with information I could see in the navcam and rear hazcam images. Here is a full size image (2666x1999, 681kb).

spheres Spheres in the outcrop
Monday, February 09, 2004

This is a close up picture of the outcrop that Opportunity took with it's microscopic imager. The area this image shows is 1.3 inches by 1.3 inches. Here is a full size image (1024x1024, 68kb).

sphere mosaic Mosaic of spheres
Sunday, February 08, 2004

Look at all the spheres. Here is a mosaic of all the spheres that Opportunity found recently. Here is a full size image (2090x1105, 426kb).

Opportunity_crater Opportunity in the crater
Sunday, February 01, 2004

To get as better idea of the crater dimensions, I scaled down a picture of Opportunity and placed it in the crater. This is just a rough approximation mind you. Here is a full size image (1024x819, 147kb).