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Simulated View for Rover Activity Planning

Nov. 22, 2005
This black and white image shows a rocky view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit taken on Nov 8, 2005. A superimposed computer image of the rover is seen to help scientist and engineers to plan a path for the rover.

The black-and-white base image in this view was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit with its navigation camera during the rover's 658th Martian day, or sol (Nov. 8, 2005). The location is on the eastern side of "Husband Hill." The superimposed colored lines and computer image of the rover indicate Spirit's path ahead and the intended position at the end of the drive. Rover-team scientists and engineers use this type of simulated image as a help in planning activities for succeeding sols.

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