[Orion78]

It is official! NASA has released color photos on the MER homepage featuring the named rocks that were selected as possible science targets for the Spirit Rover. Now that it is official, I will no longer use the name "Rectangle Hole Rock" and will call the rock by its NASA given name "Sushi". So, without any further delay, may I present, "Adirondack", "Sashimi" and Sushi".

"Adirondack" (Click Image For Full Size)

"Sashimi" and "Sushi" (Click Image For Full Size)
After a Sunday drive, the rover arrived at the rock "Adirondack", where it will pause to find out what the rock is made of, perhaps as early as Wednesday. Scientists believe it is made of a volcanic rock called basalt. The rocks "Sashimi" and "Sushi" weren't chosen because they didn't have good surfaces for grinding using Spirit's RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool).

According to various news reports, once Spirit is done with "Adirondack", the rover should trundle off again to examine a second patch of fine-grained soil no more than a yard away. NASA has not specified if "Sashimi" and "Sushi" are still targets for Spirit.