"Its a place almost ... tailor-made for our vehicle," Mars Exploration Rover chief mission investigator Steve Squyres said. "Its a glorious crater. We have hit what the science team believes is the scientific sweet spot." The pictures, taken at mid-afternoon Mars time, show a vast expanse of what appears to be desert extending to the horizon in every direction. The scientists were intrigued by dust-filled hollows they said may be one of the rovers first stops. They also were trying to gauge the distance to a series of ridges.
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