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Sweeping View of the “Columbia Hills” and Gusev Crater (Approximate True Color)

This true-color panorama in hues of red and brown from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit taken in Sept, 2005 shows a field of view covered in rocks as the rover explored Gusev Crater on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
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Spirit took this panorama of images, covering a field of view just under 180 degrees from left to right, with the panoramic camera on Martian days (sols) 594, 595, and 597 (Sept. 4, 5, and 7, 2005) of its exploration of Gusev Crater on Mars. This is an approximately true-color rendering generated using the camera's 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer, and 430-nanometer filters.

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