Petal, terrain & airbags – 3-D

Portions of the lander's deflated airbags and a petal are at lower left in this image from NASA's Mars Pathfinder. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail.
July 13, 1997
CreditNASA/JPL
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Portions of the lander's deflated airbags and a petal are at the lower area of this image, taken in stereo by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol 3. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. The metallic object at lower right is part of the lander's low-gain antenna. This image is part of a 3D "monster

Click below to see the left and right views individually.

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Photojournal note: Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements. The final data transmission received from Pathfinder was at 10:23 UTC on September 27, 1997. Although mission managers tried to restore full communications during the following five months, the successful mission was terminated on March 10, 1998.

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