RELEASE DATE: 9-Feb-2004
IMAGE FILE NAME: MERB_DIMES_LOCALIZE_B.tif
SOURCE FILE NAMES: N/A
SUMMARY INFORMATION: Close-up view of descent and bouncing superimposed on mosaic of 3 descent images taken during Opportunity's landing in Merdiani Planum.
NAME OF SUBMITTER: Andrew E. Johnson
INSTITUTION: JPL
THEME/TEAM/GROUP: EDL
SOL OF OBSERVATION: SOL 1
EARTH DATE OF OBSERVATION: 1/24/04
TITLE OF IMAGE: Hole In One (2) 

CAPTION: 

This computer generated visualization depicts an side view of the trajectory that the Opportunity lander took into Meridiani Planum superimposed on a mosaic of the three DIMES images taken during descent.  The descent to the surface and bouncing along the surface are depicted as a red line. Initially, the Opportunity lander was traveling east, but near the end of its descent, it begins to move to the north. When the airbags are released, they bounce to the north into the crater at the end of the trajectory. 

North is indicated by the red tipped arrow in the coordinate axes and East is indicated with a green tipped arrow.

  
EMAIL ADDRESS: aej@jpl.nasa.gov
PHONE NUMBER: (818) 354-0357
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