Saying Goodbye to Bonneville Crater

Bonneville Crater Panorama

Rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day indicate differences in particle size in and near "Bonneville Crater." This image is the third in a series of five with color-coded temperature information from different times of day. This one is from 1:35 p.m. local solar time at the site where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is exploring Mars. Temperature information from Spirit's miniature thermal emission spectrometer is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera. In this color-coded map, quicker reddening during the day suggests sand or dust. (Red is about 270 Kelvin or 27 degrees Fahrenheit.) An example of this is in the shallow depression in the right foreground. Areas that stay blue longer into the day have larger rocks. (Blue indicates about 230 Kelvin or minus 45 Degrees F.) An example is the rock in the left foreground. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05930

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this 3-D navigation camera mosaic of the crater called Bonneville. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

This stereo view is from NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as it was investigating a rock called Mazatzal on the rim of Bonneville Crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

The route of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, from its landing site to its location on sol 72 (March 16, 2004) near the rim of the large crater dubbed "Bonneville" is pictured here on this traverse map. The map consists of data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter and NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. The varying terrains surrounding Bonneville--crater floor, crater wall, crater rim, crater ejecta (material ejected from the crater) and intercrater plains--are highlighted in different colors. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05581

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this 3-D navigation camera mosaic of the crater called Bonneville. The rover solar panels can be seen in the foreground. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

This 3-D cylindrical-perspective mosaic taken by the navigation camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 82 shows the view south of the large crater dubbed Bonneville. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

The rim and interior of a crater nicknamed "Bonneville" dominate this 180-degree, false-color mosaic of images taken by the panoramic camera of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Spirit recorded this view on the rover's 68th sol, March 12, 2004, one sol after reaching this location. The rover remaining here in part to get this very high-resolution, color mosaic, from which scientists can gain insight about the depth of the surface material at Bonneville and make future observation plans. On sol 71, Spirit was instructed to drive approximately 15 meters (49 feet) along the crater rim to a new vantage point. The image is a false-color composite made from frames taken with the camera's L2, L5 and L6 filters. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05570

This stereo view was taken by the panoramic camera on NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on the rover 87th martian day, or sol April 1, 2004, just after Spirit left Bonneville Crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. The lander is still bright, but with a reddish color, probably due to accumulation of Martian dust.

This mosaic image from the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the area in front of the rover after its record 27.5 meters (90.2 feet) drive on Sol 43, which ended February 16, 2004. Spirit is looking toward one of its future targets, the rim of a crater nicknamed "Bonneville." http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05314