Mars goodies…
I’ve been watching the progress of the Mars Rovers just like everyone else. I was curious as to the location of the Spirit rover on Mars so I fired up xplanet to give me a view of Mars from Earth. I looked around and found coordinates for the lander and all previous and future landers. I also found coordinates for major features on Mars and included them. With this data I was able to generate this file. I’ve setup a cron job to update the picture every half-hour for your enjoyment. If you’re lucky you might get to see one of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos passing through the frame.
Feel free to click the thumbnail to see where your favorite rover is right now. If you don’t see the rover you’re looking for it’s probably on the far side of Mars at this time.