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Mars - Lander and Rover Images
Mars - Lander and Rover Images
Exploration of Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars
Viking LanderThe Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts, an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface. The orbiters also served as communication relays for the landers once they touched down.
It was the most expensive and ambitious mission ever sent to Mars, with a total cost of roughly US$1 billion.[1] It was highly successful and formed most of the database of information about Mars until the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Viking program grew from NASA's earlier, and more ambitious Voyager Mars program, which was not related to the successful Voyager deep space probes of the late 1970s. Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975, and the second craft, Viking 2, was launched on September 9, 1975, both riding atop Titan III-E rockets with Centaur upper stages.
After orbiting Mars and returning images used for landing site selection, the orbiter and lander detached and the lander entered the Martian atmosphere and soft-landed at the selected site. The orbiters continued imaging and performing other scientific operations from orbit while the landers deployed instruments on the surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program
Viking Mission to Mars
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/viking/
Google Search Results
Viking 1 Images
Viking 2 Images
Phoenix LanderPhoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there.
Phoenix is NASA's sixth successful landing out of seven attempts and is the most recent spacecraft to land successfully on Mars as well as the first successful landing in a Martian polar region. The lander completed its mission in August 2008, and made a last brief communication with Earth on November 2 as available solar power dropped with the Martian winter. The mission was declared concluded on November 10, 2008, after engineers were unable to re-contact the craft.
After unsuccessful attempts to contact the lander by the Mars Odyssey orbiter up to and past the Martian summer solstice on May 12, 2010, JPL declared the lander to be dead. Like the two Mars Exploration Rovers, the program was considered a success because it exceeded its planned mission length by several months. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28spacecraft%29
NASA - Phoenix
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
Phoenix Mars Mission
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/main.php
Google Search Results
Phoenix Lander Images
Sojourner Rover - Mars PathfinderThe Mars Pathfinder (MESUR Pathfinder[1]), later renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, is an American spacecraft that landed the first roving probe deployed on another planet. It consisted of a lander and a lightweight (10.6 kilograms/23 pounds) wheeled robotic rover named Sojourner.[2]
Launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II booster a month after the Mars Global Surveyor was launched, it landed on July 4, 1997 on Mars' Ares Vallis, in a region called Chryse Planitia in the Oxia Palus quadrangle. The lander then opened, exposing the rover which conducted many experiments on the Martian surface.
The mission carried a series of scientific instruments to analyze the Martian atmosphere, climate, geology and the composition of its rocks and soil. It was the second project from NASA's Discovery Program, which promotes the use of low-cost spacecraft and frequent launches under the motto "cheaper, faster and better" promoted by the then administrator, Daniel Goldin. The mission was directed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology, responsible for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. The project manager was JPL's Tony Spear.
This mission, besides being the first of a series of missions to Mars that included rovers (robotic exploration vehicles), was the most important since the Vikings landed on the red planet in 1976. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_%28rover%29
Mars Pathfinder
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars-pathfinder/
Directory of Pathfinder Images
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/image-arc.html
Google Search Results
Sojourner Rover Images
Mars Exploration RoversNASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER) is an ongoing robotic space mission involving two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars. It began in 2003 with the sending of the two rovers — MER-A Spirit and MER-B Opportunity — to explore the Martian surface and geology.
The mission's scientific objective was to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars. The mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, which includes three previous successful landers: the two Viking program landers in 1976 and Mars Pathfinder probe in 1997.
In July 2007, during the fourth mission extension, Martian dust storms blocked sunlight to the rovers and threatened the ability of the craft to gather energy through their solar panels, causing engineers to fear that one or both of them might be permanently disabled. However, the dust storms lifted, allowing them to resume operations.
On May 1, 2009, during its fifth mission extension, Spirit became stuck in soft soil on Mars. After nearly nine months of attempts to get the rover back on track, including using test rovers on Earth, NASA announced on January 26, 2010 that Spirit was being retasked as a stationary science platform. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover
Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Home
NASA's latest news from Spirit and Opportunity
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/
Raw Images For Spirit and Opportunity
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/
NASA - Mars Exploration Rovers
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/
Mars Exploration Program
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
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This thread is for images taken from the surface of Mars that show anomalies or strange objects.
If you would like to post a picture in this thread please include a link to the source. Thanks :et:
Opportunity Rover : Sol 1070
Objects in straight line and evenly spaced ?

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/1070/1P223169161EFF78VAP2629L5M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_p1070.html


http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/1070/1P223169161EFF78VAP2629L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg
http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/1070/
If you would like to post a picture in this thread please include a link to the source. Thanks :et:
Opportunity Rover : Sol 1070
Objects in straight line and evenly spaced ?

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/1070/1P223169161EFF78VAP2629L5M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_p1070.html


http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/1070/1P223169161EFF78VAP2629L5M1_L4L5L5L5L6.jpg
http://areo.info/mer/opportunity/1070/
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A beam of wood ?
Opportunity : Sol 115


http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040524a/site_B115_navcam_180_cyl_L-B118R1.jpg

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/n/115/1N138388241EFF2700P1994R0M1.HTML
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_n115.html
shiny object is heat shield - http://www.hour25online.com/pix/Opportunity_heat-shield_feb05a_03a.jpg
Opportunity : Sol 115


http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040524a/site_B115_navcam_180_cyl_L-B118R1.jpg

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/n/115/1N138388241EFF2700P1994R0M1.HTML
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_n115.html
shiny object is heat shield - http://www.hour25online.com/pix/Opportunity_heat-shield_feb05a_03a.jpg
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something leaking ?
Viking Lander 1 : Image 12D091.BB2

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2009/163/moving-evidence.htm
Original - downloaded copy

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/outdir/12d091.bb2.gif
Expanded screen capture

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/outdir/12d091.bb2.gif
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/VikL/viklnav.pl
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/vikingl/vl_images.html
Viking Lander 1 : Image 12D091.BB2

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2009/163/moving-evidence.htm
Original - downloaded copy

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/outdir/12d091.bb2.gif
Expanded screen capture

http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/outdir/12d091.bb2.gif
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/VikL/viklnav.pl
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/vikingl/vl_images.html
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Alien Structures On Mars?
Sojourner Rover on Pathfinder Lander

http://thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Mars_Other_04.html

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_80811.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marspath_images_h.html

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_80904.jpg
Another view ?
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_81434.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marspath_images_bw.html
Sojourner Rover on Pathfinder Lander

http://thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Mars_Other_04.html

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_80811.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marspath_images_h.html

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_80904.jpg
Another view ?
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/marspath_81434.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marspath_images_bw.html
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The "coin" or round object embedded in the surface ?
Spirit Rover : Sol 1220

http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/processed/2P234663466EFFATF3P2561L234567M1.JPG
http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/spirit_index_1201_1220.html
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2008/135/mars-rover-misc.htm

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/1220/2P234663574EFFATF3P2561L6M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p1220.html
Spirit Rover : Sol 1220

http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/processed/2P234663466EFFATF3P2561L234567M1.JPG
http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/spirit_index_1201_1220.html
http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2008/135/mars-rover-misc.htm

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/1220/2P234663574EFFATF3P2561L6M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p1220.html
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The "Plate"
Spirit Rover : Sol 856

http://www.lunexit.it/gallery/albums/userpics/10060/SOL814-932-PIA01907-GB2.jpg

http://www.lunexit.it/gallery/displayimage.php?album=37&pos=180

http://www.lunexit.it/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-26505
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p856.html
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01907
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The "Pyramid"
Spirit Rover : Sol 069

http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/069/2P132490691EFF1800P2289R2M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/069/2P132490691EFF1800P2289R2M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p069.html
Enhancement from "watcher" - Secret Planets

SecretPlanets.com
Spirit Rover : Sol 069

http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/069/2P132490691EFF1800P2289R2M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/069/2P132490691EFF1800P2289R2M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p069.html
Enhancement from "watcher" - Secret Planets

SecretPlanets.com
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The "Tower"
Spirit Rover : Sol 2125


http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/2125/2P315012797EFFB2AUP2569L6M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p2125.html
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p2125_text.html
"Alien Base On Mars"
Spirit Rover :: Panoramic Camera :: Sol 1353

Link - http://scottcwaring.blogspot.com
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/1353/2P246479365EFFAVPBP2408L7M1.HTML
Spirit Rover : Sol 2125


http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/2125/2P315012797EFFB2AUP2569L6M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p2125.html
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p2125_text.html
"Alien Base On Mars"
Spirit Rover :: Panoramic Camera :: Sol 1353

Link - http://scottcwaring.blogspot.com
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/1353/2P246479365EFFAVPBP2408L7M1.HTML
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The "eel-creature"
Spirit's mission to Gusev Crater : Sol 527


http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440L7M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440R1M1.HTML

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2009/157/spirit-mixed-life.htm
Spirit's mission to Gusev Crater : Sol 527


http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440L7M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/527/2P173156766EFFACA0P2440R1M1.HTML

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2009/157/spirit-mixed-life.htm
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Rocks or Skulls ? - You Decide ! :biggrin:
Spirit Rover : Sol 513

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/513/2P171912249EFFAAL4P2425R1M1.HTML

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2006/102/mars-humanoid-skull.htm
Spirit Rover : Sol 482


http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/482/2P169153230EFFAAB2P2417L7M1.HTML
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p482.html
Spirit Rover : Sol 513

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/513/2P171912249EFFAAL4P2425R1M1.HTML

http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/evidence-reports/2006/102/mars-humanoid-skull.htm
Spirit Rover : Sol 482


http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/482/2P169153230EFFAAB2P2417L7M1.HTML
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p482.html
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Mars Humanoid - The Little Martian
Spirit Rover : Sol 1367

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p1367.html
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20080103a.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/sol1369a-F-20080102.html
NASA Photo Shows Humanoid Figure on Mars
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324800,00.html
Spirit Rover : Sol 1367

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/spirit_p1367.html
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20080103a.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/images/sol1369a-F-20080102.html
NASA Photo Shows Humanoid Figure on Mars
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324800,00.html
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The Mars "Rabbit Ears"
Opportunity Rover : Sol 2


http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/pds/256/1P128372948RAD0200P2211L256C1.JPG
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_p002.html
Opportunity Rover : Sol 2


http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/pds/256/1P128372948RAD0200P2211L256C1.JPG
http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_p002.html
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The "Crinoid"
Opportunity Rover : Sol 34

2 images taken at different focal distances - link
Microscopic Imager Non-linearized Full frame EDR acquired on Sol 34 of Opportunity's mission to Meridiani Planum

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/034/1M131201538EFF0500P2933M2M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/034/1M131201538EFF0500P2933M2M1.HTML
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_m034.html
"So, what did the JPL Rover science Team do with this potentially explosive scientific find …?
They promptly ground it into powder … right before our eyes!" link

http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/processed/1P131297604ESF0500P2598L234567M1.JPG
http://www.lyle.org/~markoff/processed/1P131473140ESF0510P2532L234567M1.JPG

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_f035.html
The "Crinoid" after grinding with the RAT

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/035/1M131296201EFF0500P2933M2M1.JPG
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_m035.html
The Curious Case of the NASA - Crinoid Cover-Up
http://www.enterprisemission.com/_articles/03-08-2004/crinoid_cover-up.htm
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/marte/esp_crinoid.htm
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Mars Head
Spirit Rover : Sol 602


link - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0511/everest_spirit_big.jpg
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread735446/pg1

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20051107a/Everest_L257atc-A622R1.jpg
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20051107a.html

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404090EFFAERFP2292L2M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404148EFFAERFP2292L5M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404021EFFAERFP2292R1M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404021EFFAERFP2292L7M1.HTML
Spirit Rover : Sol 602


link - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0511/everest_spirit_big.jpg
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread735446/pg1

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20051107a/Everest_L257atc-A622R1.jpg
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20051107a.html

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404090EFFAERFP2292L2M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404148EFFAERFP2292L5M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404021EFFAERFP2292R1M1.HTML

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/p/620/2P181404021EFFAERFP2292L7M1.HTML
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'Homestake' Vein
Opportunity Rover : Sol 2769

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20111207a/PIA15034_Pancam_sol2769_L257F.jpg
"This false-color view of a mineral vein called "Homestake" comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The vein is about the width of a thumb and about 18 inches (45 centimeters) long. Opportunity examined it in November 2011 and found it to be rich in calcium and sulfur, possibly the calcium-sulfate mineral gypsum.
Homestake is near the edge of the "Cape York" segment of the western rim of Endeavour Crater."
Links - http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20111207a.html
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_p2769.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-377&rn=news.xml&rst=3220
Close-up View of 'Homestake' Vein

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20111207a/PIA15035_MI_vein-2765-2766.jpg
Opportunity's Approach to 'Homestake'

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20111207a/PIA15037_fhaz_Sol2763_Homestake.jpg
Opportunity Front Hazcam :: Sol 2763
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity_f2763.html
Search Results - 'Homestake' Vein
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"Lichen Like Fossil"
Spirit Rover :: Microscopic Imager :: Sol 386

Link - http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/m/386/2M160631572EFFA2K1P2936M2M1.HTML
More Info - http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Mars_Images_06a.html
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