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This NASA Spirit image view is toward the south, looking down at Spirit's rear wheels. It is one of a series of wide-angle views shown one after the other. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
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Rear Camera View of Backward Drive, Sols 2145-2154

This animation aids evaluation of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's motion during five drives on sols 2145 through 2154 (Jan. 14 through Jan. 23, 2010).

The series of wide-angle views shown one after the other in this animation come from Spirit's rear hazard-avoidance camera.

The view is toward the south, looking down at Spirit's rear wheels.

Image details

ID#:
PIA12500

Date added:
2010-01-26

Target:
Mars

Mission:
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)

Spacecraft:
Spirit

Instruments:
Hazard Identification Camera

Size:
1024 x 512 pixels (width x height)

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Full-Res TIFF:
PIA12500.tif (0.53 MB)

Full-Res JPG:
PIA12500.jpg (0.04 MB)

Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech