Detail View: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection: A Presidential Panorama of Mars
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Title:
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A Presidential Panorama of Mars
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Explanation:
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Scroll right to unfold one of the great panoramas ever taken on the surface of Mars [ http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html ]. For best viewing, click and hold the right arrow icon at the bottom of your browser window. This image [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/default.html ], dubbed a "presidential panorama" by the Mars Pathfinder team [ http://entertainment.digital.com/mars/exclusive-video.html ], shows in colorful detail the surroundings of the Sagan Memorial Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970710.html ]. Now look closely at the big rock midway through the scrolling picture. That rock is called Yogi [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980309.html ] and just to its left is the robot Sojourner Rover [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991030.html ] taking measurements of it. Other now-famous rocks are also visible including Barnacle Bill [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970708.html ] and Flat Top. After this picture was taken Sojourner went on to analyze a rock named Scooby Doo. The Mars Pathfinder mission [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/index.html ] landed on 1997 July 4 and collected data [ http://imp.lpl.arizona.edu/imp/ ] for about three months. Analysis indicates [ http://imp.lpl.arizona.edu/imp/press_releases/29jun_98.html ] that the Pathfinder site was likely awash in water in the distant past, but has been dry for the last two billion years.
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Credit and Copyright:
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IMP Team [ http://imp.lpl.arizona.edu/imp/team/team.html ], JPL [ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]
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Mars
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Arizona
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MPF
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000514.html
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SPD-APOD-ap000514
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