RELEASE DATE: 9-Feb-2004
IMAGE FILE NAME: MERB_DIMES_LOCALIZE_C.tif
SOURCE FILE NAMES: N/A
SUMMARY INFORMATION: Close-up view of 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 (3) 

CAPTION: 

This computer generated visualization depicts a side view of the bouncing trajectory that the Opportunity lander took over 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 eventually stopping in the crater shown on the right of the image.

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