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This handout photo provided by NASA, taken by the Mars exploration rover Spirit, shows this 360-degree panorama of images taken with its navigation camera Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, of its exploration of Gusev Crater on Mars. This view is presented in a cylindrical projection with geometric seam correction. In this photo Spirit looks back at the long and winding trail of twin wheel tracks the rover created to get to the top of 'Husband Hill.' Spirit spent several days in October 2005 at this location, perched on a lofty, rock-strewn incline next to a precarious outcrop nicknamed 'Hillary.' To the west are the slopes of the 'Columbia Hills,' so named for the astronauts of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Beyond the hills are the flat plains and rim of Gusev Crater. (AP Photo/ NASA, JPL, CalTech)

[Hunble]

This is NASA at it's best. But of course, the people responsible for these outstanding images are being dismissed because of budget priorities.

There are times when I want to grab the NASA administration and shake some sense into them.

[Black Tooth]

If you find anymore pics, post them!

Thanks!

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Amazing little vehicles..

Looking Back at Spirit's Trail to the Summit

Before moving on to explore more of Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit looked back at the long and winding trail of twin wheel tracks the rover created to get to the top of "Husband Hill." Spirit spent several days in October 2005 at this location, perched on a lofty, rock-strewn incline next to a precarious outcrop nicknamed "Hillary." Researchers helped the rover make several wheel adjustments to get solid footing before conducting scientific analysis of the rock outcrop. The rock turned out to be similar in appearance and composition to a rock target called "Jibsheet" that the rover had studied several months earlier and hundreds of meters away.

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Onto Haskin Ridge..

After Conquering 'Husband Hill,' Spirit Moves On

The first explorer ever to scale a summit on another planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has begun a long trek downward from the top of "Husband Hill" to new destinations. As shown in this 180-degree panorama from east of the summit, Spirit's earlier tracks are no longer visible. They are off to the west (to the left in this view). Spirit's next destination is "Haskin Ridge," straight ahead along the edge of the steep cliff on the right side of this panorama.

The scene is a mosaic of images that Spirit took with the navigation camera on the rover's 635th Martian day, or sol, (Oct. 16, 2005) of exploration of Gusev Crater on Mars. This view is presented in a cylindrical projection with geometric seam correction.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech