This overview map made from Mars Orbiter camera images illustrates the path that the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has taken from its first sol on the red planet through its 107th.  As of sol 112, April 26, 2004, Spirit has passed "Missoula" crater and sits approximately 1,900 meters (1.18 miles) away from her destination at the western base of the "Columbia Hills."  While most of Spirit's journey has been over the very angular rocks that make up ejecta fields, her next 50 or so sols will be spent traversing over martian plains which are dominated by rounder, vesicle-filled rocks.




Image Credit:  NASA/JPL/Cornell/OSU/MSSS

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RELEASE DATE:  April 27, 2004

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SUMMARY INFORMATION: Spirit overview map 

NAME OF SUBMITTER: Ron Li

INSTITUTION: OSU

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