This scene combines three frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,866th Martian day, or sol, of
Spirit's mission on Mars (April 3, 2009). It spans 120 degrees, with south
at the center.
Spirit had driven 3 meters (10 feet) southward earlier in the day. The
foreground of this view includes terrain that the rover covered in its
next drive, when it progressed 17.5 meters (57 feet) farther southward on
Sol 1868 (April 5, 2009).
In the middle distance, the western edge of the low plateau called "Home
Plate" is on the left and a ridge called "Tsiolkovsky" is on the right,
with the rover's planned route between the two. By Sol 1899 (May 6, 2009)
Spirit became embedded at a site dubbed "Troy," about as far south as the
northern end of Tsiolkovsky.
This view is presented as a cylindrical projection with geometric seam
correction.