What Lies Ahead
This map shows the path the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will travel
toward its future target, the large crater dubbed "Bonneville." The red
line indicates Spirit's travels up to the 59th martian day, or sol, of
its journey, and the blue line, the route it will follow. Engineers
pinpointed the rover's exact location by comparing images taken by the
panoramic camera on the rover (inset panels) to those acquired during
descent by the descent image motion estimation system camera
(underlying map).
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Ohio State University
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