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Detailed Panorama of Mars Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the red-planet-map dept.

dptalia writes "NASA has just released a detailed panorama of Mars taken by the Spirit rover. During the short Martian winter the rover didn't get enough sunlight to move, so it took these pictures instead. Spirit took over 1400 pictures, for a total of 500 megs of data. If you look to the left of the picture, you'll see the tracks from the rover's trip."

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  1. Slashdot (in)effect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Spirit took over 1400 pictures, for a total of 500 megs of data
    I am slightly surprised that the submitter neglected to link directly to this data, and that the 'editors' also declined to correct this oversight.
    1. Re:Slashdot (in)effect by WhiteSpade · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It may have been intentional. Sure, linking to the 1400 pictures would make sense since thats what the article seems to be about; however, I think it was wise to not link to 500 MB of photos on Slashdot's front page. Though NASA has some really nice servers that hold up well to the Slashdot effect, I think the editors want to give NASA a fighting chance.