Hi Ron and List,

>Visible in the photos are the Spirit lander, the parachute >and backshell

Now, that is amazing!
Has MGS been able to locate Beagle2, or is it just too small to image?

-Walter
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From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] MGS Photos of the Spirit Landing Site


>
> Check out these images of the Spirit landing site taken by Mars Global
> Surveyor:
>
> http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/01/23/index.html
>
> Visible in the photos are the Spirit lander, the parachute and backshell,
> the heatshield impact, and bounce marks.  Spirit actually bounced in
> and out of a small crater on the 4th bounce.  The heatshield landed
> near the rim of a large crater, and it looks like it may have gone
> into the crater.  This crater, incidently, is the same crater that
> the rover is slated to visit, at a distance of 250 meters away.
>
> Ron Baalke
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