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- Spirit Drives to a Rock Called `Adirondack' for Close Inspection
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| PIA05103.jpg | JPEG | 640 x 640 | 54K |
| PIA05103.jpg | JPEG | 1024 x 1024 | 191K |
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This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit hazard identification camera shows the rover's perspective just before its first post-egress drive on Mars. On Sunday, the 15th martian day, or sol, of Spirit's journey, engineers drove Spirit approximately 3 meters (10 feet) toward its first rock target, a football-sized, mountain-shaped rock called Adirondack (not pictured). In the foreground of this image are "Sashimi" and "Sushi" - two rocks that scientists considered investigating first. Ultimately, these rocks were not chosen because their rough and dusty surfaces are ill-suited for grinding.