Barnacle Bill And Sojourner
Deployed on a pop-up mast
to its full height, the
Sagan Memorial Station's IMP camera
now stands about 5 feet above the surface of
Ares Vallis -
on Mars.
This is
one of the first images from its new vantage point,
showing the rover Sojourner near a rock named Barnacle Bill.
This particularly interesting rock, with a variety of surface
textures, appears to be about 8 to 10 inches high.
Sojourner performed
an analysis of Barnacle Bill by successfuly maneuvering to place its
Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument
against the rock.
The APXS, located at the rear of the rover, is not visible in this picture.
Sojourner's next destination is ...
a rock named Yogi.
Results describing the composition of Barnacle Bill, the martian soil
and a color panorama of the landing site will be presented at a
Pathfinder press briefing today scheduled for 11:00 AM Pacific
Daylight Time.