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Panoramic images from the Mars rovers (You'll need to scroll...)

Spirit's landing site in Gusev crater

Color panorama of Mars around Spirit rover

On days 3, 4 and 5 after its landing on Mars, the rover Spirit's Pancam sent back high resolution images of portions of its surroundings. All the images have been stitched together to form a 360-degree panorama of the landing site. Click on the image for a high-resolution version (Really large! 11,174 x 1385 pixels, 12.6MB). Quicktime VR version (3 MB. Requires Quicktime plugin)

 

Opportunity's site in a small crater on Meridiani Planum

The rover Opportunity sent this panorama, made up of 225 separate images stitched together by the Cornell MarsLab. Click on the image for a high-resolution version (Really large! 11388 x 1406 pixels, 9MB). Quicktime VR version (3 MB. Requires Quicktime plugin)

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