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Overhead View of Pathfinder Landing Site Target Name:   Mars Spacecraft:   Mars Pathfinder Produced by:   NASA AMES Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  14 October 1997 Related Document Mars Pathfinder Mission Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size path007.jpg JPEG 480 x 480 158K path007.jpg JPEG 900 x 900 455K path007.tif TIFF 900 x 900 1M This image, prepared by Pathfinder scientists at NASA/Ames Research Center, is a view of the landing site from above. Seen in the lower right is Mermaid dune, with its long axis oriented northwest-southeast and its steeper side, the presumed slipface, toward the southwest. Dunes like Mermaid, the depositional tails and erosional moats associated with rocks in the area, and the fluted and polished surfaces on several boulders at the landing site all indicate an effective wind that blows from the northeast to the southwest. Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals.

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