Sojourner at "Mermaid Dune", Mars Pathfinder Images
Summary
This is an image of the rover Sojourner at the feature called Mermaid Dune at the MPF landing site. Mermaid is thought to be a low, transverse dune ridge, with its long (approximately 2 meters) axis transverse to the wind, which is thought to come from the lower left of the image and blow toward the upper right. The rover is facing to the lower left, the "upwind" direction. The rover's middle wheels are at the crestline of the small dune, and the rear wheels are on the lee side of the feature. A soil mechanics experiment was performed to dig into the dune and examine the sediments exposed. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00794
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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Date
08/08/1997
Source
NASA
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