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Welcome to Everest on Mars

Mike Specian December 11, 2013 Leave a Comment 2585 Views

Click on the image below to be transported once again to the beautiful red rock in the sky, Mars!

Our specific destination is the pinnacle of Mars’s Husband Hill, which lies adjacent to Gusev Crater.  Because of the elevation at which these photos were taken, the image below has been dubbed the “Everest panorama” in honor of Earth’s highest mountain.  This view into Gusev Crater showcases rocks and rusting sand stretching out over vast plains.  Further in the distance other peaks lie beyond sand drifts.  If you look closely, you can even see a couple of faintly colored dust devils in red and blue.

The images, which are credited to the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL and NASA, were taken over the course of three days by the  robotic Spirit rover in 2005.  Spirit, which ceased operation in 2009, took the images to match what a human being with 20/20 eyesight would have seen standing in the same location.

 

 

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