NASA's Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars

2005

Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments.

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-->"When the images came down and we could see horizon all the way around, that was every bit as exhilarating as getting to the top of any mountain I've climbed on Earth," said Chris Leger, a rover planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

               
Spirit view after reaching top of Husband Hill
Spirit view after reaching top of Husband Hill