Mars - Lookout Panorama’ from Spirit

This is the Spirit panoramic camera’s “Lookout“ panorama, acquired on the rover’s 410th to 413th martian days, or sols (Feb. 27 to Mar. 2, 2005). The view is from a position known informally as “Larry’s Lookout“ along the drive up “Husband Hill.“ The summit of Husband Hill is the far peak near the center of this panorama and is about 200 meters (656 feet) away from the rover and about 45 meters (148 feet) higher in elevation. The bright rocky outcrop near the center of the panorama is part of the “Cumberland Ridge,“ and beyond that and to the left is the “Tennessee Valley.“ The panorama spans 360 degrees and consists of images obtained in 108 individual pointings and five filters at each pointing. This mosaic is an approximately true-color rendering generated using the images acquired through panoramic camera’s 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer, and 480-nanometer filters. The lighting varied considerably during the four sols that it took to a