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PIA01568: Sojourner Rover Leaving the Rock Garden - Left Eye
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder Lander
Instrument: Imager for Mars Pathfinder
Product Size: 455 samples x 227 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: N/A
Addition Date: 1999-07-02
Primary Data Set: MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
Full-Res TIFF: PIA01568.tif (119.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA01568.jpg (31.62 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This is the left image of a stereo image pair taken on the afternoon of Sol 71 (September 14) shows Sojourner leaving the "Rock Garden," an assemblage of large rocks behind and to the right of the rover. Sojourner's last target was the rock "Stimpy," seen at the far right.

This image and PIA01569(right eye) make up a stereo pair.

Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is an operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL


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