File:PIA15038 - Spirit lander and Bonneville Crater on Mars.jpg

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Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. The lander is still bright, but with a reddish colour, probably due to accumulation of Martian dust.

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded this view on 29 January 2012, providing the first image from orbit to show Spirit's lander platform in colour. The view covers an area about 2,000 feet (about 600 metres) wide, dominated by Bonneville Crater. North is up. A bright spot on the northern edge of Bonneville Crater is a remnant of Spirit's heat shield.

An image of the lander platform taken by Spirit's Panoramic Camera (Pancam) after the rover had driven off is at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA05117_-_Spirit_rover_lander.jpg" title="File:PIA05117 - Spirit rover lander.jpg">File:PIA05117 - Spirit rover lander.jpg</a>

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current16:56, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:56, 6 January 20172,080 × 1,393 (346 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. The lander is still bright, but with a reddish colour, probably due to accumulation of Martian dust. <p>The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded this view on 29 January 2012, providing the first image from orbit to show Spirit's lander platform in colour. The view covers an area about 2,000 feet (about 600 metres) wide, dominated by Bonneville Crater. North is up. A bright spot on the northern edge of Bonneville Crater is a remnant of Spirit's heat shield. </p> An image of the lander platform taken by Spirit's Panoramic Camera (Pancam) after the rover had driven off is at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA05117_-_Spirit_rover_lander.jpg" title="File:PIA05117 - Spirit rover lander.jpg">File:PIA05117 - Spirit rover lander.jpg</a>
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