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Pictures taken by Mars Pathfinder

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The Twin Peaks: small hills to the southwest of the Mars Pathfinder landing site. These peaks are about 30 to 35 meters tall.

The North Twin is approximately 860 meters from the Pathfinder lander. The South Twin is about a kilometer away.


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360-degree panorama of Mars taken by the Imager for Mars (IMP).

This image was created by taking pictures of different regions at different times over the three Martian days. The pictures were then merged and given a consistent color.


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Map of named features at the Mars Pathfinder landing site.


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False color picture of the area around Yogi (marked with the red arrow). Yogi has a weathered surface. Barnacle Bill and Cradle (blue arrows) are unweathered smaller rocks.

During its journey to Yogi the rover stirred the soil and exposed white material (photo inset at the bottom right).


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The true colors of Mars and its atmosphere. These colors are identical to the measured colors of the Viking landing sites in 1976. This picture was taken near local noon.


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Clouds over the horizon on Mars. These pink stratus clouds are approximately 16 kilometers above the surface. The clouds consist of water ice condensed on reddish dust particles suspended in the atmosphere.

This picture was taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) about forty minutes before sunrise on Mars.


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Questions about these pictures by Mars Pathfinder

Lets see what you have learned from these pictures ...

  • Describe what the surface of Mars looks like.
  • Describe what the atmosphere of Mars looks like.


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