HiRISE | Spirit Lander and Bonneville Crater in Color (ESP_025815

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Spirit Lander and Bonneville Crater in Color
ESP_025815_1655 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

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HiRISE has never before imaged the actual lander for the Spirit rover in color, on the west side of Bonneville Crater. The lander is still bright, but with a reddish color, probably due to a dust cover (lower left in the subimage).

A bright spot from a remnant of the heat shield is still visible on the north rim of Bonneville Crater. The backshell and parachute are still bright, but were not captured in the narrow color swath.

The rover itself can still be seen near "home plate" in the Columbia Hills, but there is no obvious sign of rover tracks--erased by the wind.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (8 February 2012)

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Acquisition date:	29 January 2012	Local Mars time:	3:04 PM
Latitude (centered):	-14.582 degrees	Longitude (East):	175.486 degrees
Range to target site:	262.7 km (164.2 miles)	Original image scale range:	26.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~79 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	25 cm/pixel and North is up	Map projection:	EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission angle:	1.8 degrees	Phase angle:	57.1 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	58 degrees, with the Sun about 32 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	63.2 degrees, Northern Spring
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North azimuth:	97 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	44.0 degrees
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North azimuth:	270 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	218.0 degrees

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