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Published online 12 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040809-15
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Mars rover snaps panoramic view
Spirit continues its heroic climb up the Columbia Hills.
When one of your wheels is broken and your batteries are running low, sometimes you just need to stop and take in the scenery.
Spirit, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, has sent a panoramic postcard from a rocky outcrop about halfway up the 200 metre-high Columbia Hills, the martian mountain range it has been climbing since June.
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