| These are the tracks created by the Sojurner
Rover as it maneuvered toward "Barnacle Bill". This rock was
the first examined by the Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer. |
This image shows the Sojurner Rover conducting
its examination of "Barnacle Bill" with the APXS. The images
was taken by the fully deployed (1.8 meters) IMP camera. |
This is one of the first images taken by one
of the three forward-facing rover cameras. It shows the partially deflated
airbags and, in the upper right corner, the high gain antenna. |
In this image is the rectangular rock dubbed
"Flat Top" by Pathfinder scientists. The surface of this rock
appears to be covered by dust. |
| The two hills in the distance, approximately
one to two kilometers away, have been dubbed the "Twin Peaks"
and are of great interest to Pathfinder scientists as objects of future
study. The white areas on the left hill, called the "Ski Run"
by scientists, may have been formed by hydrologic processes. |
Sojourner is visible in this image, one of
the first taken by the deployed Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol
3. The rover has moved from this position into one that later facilitated
its using the Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument on Barnacle
Bill. The APXS, located at the rear of the rover, is not visible in this
image. |
Yogi, a rock taller than rover Sojourner,
is the subject of this image, taken by the deployed Imager for Mars Pathfinder
(IMP) on Sol 3. The soil in the foreground will be the location of multiple
soil mechanics experiments performed by Sojourner's cleated wheels. Pathfinder
scientists will be able to control the force inflicted on the soil beneath
the rover's wheels, giving them insight into the soil's mechanical properties. |
This new view of the rock dubbed "Couch"
was taken by the deployed Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol 3. Earlier
images, taken by the undeployed IMP, hinted that Couch was balanced upon
the rectangular rock approximately three-quarters of the way up from the
bottom of the image. The deployed IMP, standing 1.8 meters above the Martian
surface, has now revealed Couch to be a free-standing object positioned
at the Martian horizon. |
