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This image is of McCool, the Ramon hills and the flat topped feature in the basin called 'homeplate'.


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The view is southwards on Sol 583.


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Panorama from Husband hill: Sol 581

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Closeup of Two dust devils.


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Spirit at the top of husband hill.
Note the large dust devil on the left.

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Homeplate comes into view


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Spirit Continues to Climb - sol 565-571, Aug 16, 2005:

Spirit has completed investigations with its robotic arm on "Assemblee" rock. The investigation included pictures taken with the microscopic imager, 92 hours of Moessbauer spectrometer integration, and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer work on the target "Gruyere." Other observations included dust devil movies and a panoramic camera image of the rock abrasion tool bit (which has worn down from extensive use because Spirit has exceeded its intended lifespan by more than 480 sols).

As of sol 571 (Aug. 11, 2005), Spirit is still approximately 100 meters (328 feet) from the summit, and the rover will continue driving towards it.

Sol-by-sol summaries:

Sol 565 (Aug. 5, 2005): Spirit took a picture of the bit on the rock
abrasion tool and drove 2.35 meters (7.71 feet) to Assemblee.

Sol 566: Spirit did remote sensing and used the microscopic imager and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer to investigate Gruyere on Assemblee.

Sol 567: Spirit used the Moessbauer spectrometer on Assemblee for 23
hours and 5 minutes. Spirit also performed targeted remote sensing,
including miniature thermal emission spectrometer stares on four
targets and imaging with the panoramic camera.

Sol 568: Spirit took another Moessbauer spectrometer reading on
Assemblee for 23 hours and 5 minutes. It also completed panoramic camera imaging with 13 filters on four targets, and it took a dust devil movie.

Sol 569 - 570: Spirit took more Moessbauer spectrometer readings on
Assemblee and performed remote sensing.

Sol 571 (Aug. 11, 2005): Spirit used the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and microscopic imager on two targets on Assemblee.

As of the end of its 571st sol on Mars, Spirit has driven 4,691 meters.


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The current position of the Spirit rover, (15th August).


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This image was taken by the navigation camera on the Spirit rover on Sol 560. It shows two Martian dust devils racing across the foot of Husband hills.


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SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Investigating 'Chic' - sol 551-558, August 02, 2005:

Spirit has reached a target-rich area of the Columbia Hills. In the week of July 21 to 28, 2005, Spirit performed extensive investigations on two rocks, "Descartes" and "Bourgeoisie." Spirit has also acquired coordinated panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer observations of several nearby rock targets.

Sol 551 (July 21): Spirit made a short approach to a rock informally named "Descartes."
Sol 552: Spirit used the microscopic imager and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on "Discourse"‚ which is a target on Descartes. It also performed general remote sensing.
Sol 553: Spirit brushed the target with the rock abrasion tool, then examined the brushed area with the microscopic imager and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer. It also made other remote-sensing observations.
Sol 554-555: Spirit performed a long integration with the Mössbauer spectrometer and made remote-sensing observations.
Sol 556: The rover finished using its microscopic imager on Descartes and rolled to the next target, Bourgeoisie.
Sol 557: Spirit took images with its microscopic imager and took readings with its alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on Bourgeoisie. It then used the microscopic imager to shoot frames for mosaics of three areas -- "Gallant," "Gentil" and "Chic" -- and placed the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on Chic.
Sol 558 (July 28): Researchers sought to have Spirit brush Chic with the rock abrasion tool, but due to the geometry of the target, Chic was deemed un-brushable. Instead, Spirit proceeded with a two-day Mössbauer spectrometer integration on Chic and more remote sensing.

Total odometry as of July 28, 2005 (sol 558) is 4,688 meters.

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This aerial image of Spirit's latest traverse area was taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft on Spirit's sol 536 (July 6, 2005).


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Image credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science


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