MER2003 A 'Spirit' landing site in the Gusev Crater Ancient Mars visualization An overhead view of the landing site of the MER A Spirit. The landing site is in the large Gusev Crater in the middle. (See also at the bottom an image with the landing site ellipse) Rendered in a setting of 3,5 billion years ago with water and mudbanks in the Gusev. Some ice crust on the shores. At left the large shield volcano the Apollinaris Patera. Right of the Gusev Crater the Ma'adim Vallis. Top is east, bottom is west!! Resolution 1024x768 1/128 degree MOLA data Height model made 3DEM 15.6 and used as is.

MER A Spirit landing site in the Gusev Crater Landing ellipse, overhead view.

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