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This stereo image pair taken on the afternoon of Sol 71 (September 14) shows Sojourner leaving the "Rock Garden," an assemblage of large rocks behind and to the right of the rover. Sojourner's last target was the rock "Stimpy," seen at the far right.

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This stereo image pair of the rock "Half Dome" was taken by the Sojourner rover's front cameras on Sol 71 (September 14). Pits, linear textures, and pronounced topography on the rock are clearly visible.

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This stereo image close-up of the rock "Moe" was taken from the Sojourner rover's front cameras on 70 (September 13). Flute-like textures on the rock, possibly caused by wind abrasion, are clearly visible.

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The rock "Stimpy" is seen in this stereo close-up image pair taken by the Sojourner rover's front cameras on Sol 70 (September 13). Detailed texture on the rock, such as pits and flutes, are clearly visible.

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This image mosaic of part of the "Rock Garden" was taken by the Sojourner rover's left front camera on Sol 71 (September 14). The rock "Shark" is at left center and "Half Dome" is at right. Fine-scale textures on the rocks are clearly seen. Broken crust-like material is visible at bottom center.

MARS PATHFINDER MISSION STATUS
14 September 1997, 8:45 p.m. PDT

The lander and rover woke up today at 1:00 p.m. PDT.

The sojourner batteries have been expended and the rover is now dependent on solar power. All data indicates that both the lander and rover are in good health.

Due to an up link error last week we did not run the standard science sequence today. But we were able to run a subset of the originally planed imaging by sending real time commands from the Goldstone deep space network station. We acquired super resolution images and magnet target data as well as a reduced set of ASI/MET data which indicated two small dust devils passing over the lander. The rover had no problems and executed all of its command successfully.

Tomorrow the rover will traverse towards the rock Chimp and we will continue to acquire ASI/MET and imaging data from the lander.

For further information on the Mars Pathfinder Mission, please call our Mission Status Report line at 1-800-391-6654.