Find websites and publications relevant to the MER mission

The Pancam website is an especially convenient resource for getting color-processed images. This includes single frames and multi-frame panoramas and small mosaics.

"Petrology, Stratigraphy, and Geologic History of Husband Hill, Gusev Crater, Mars" This is Shoshanna Cole's PhD thesis. It is a single coherent work that characterizes all of the rock classes that the rover encountered on Husband Hill and the West Spur, and presents a geologic map and cross-section. A microtextural analysis is presented, followed by descriptions of the occurrence, major element geochemistry, iron-bearing mineralogy, spectral characteristics, and origin of each rock class. The structure and stratigraphy of Husband Hill are investigated, using stereogrammetry applied to Pancam stereo image data. All potential bedding planes of all in-place outcrops are examined. Variations within the Watchtower Class outcrops of Cumberland Ridge and the Husband Hill summit are analyzed. Subclasses, defined by previous workers on the basis of Mössbauerderived iron mineralogy, Pancam visible and near-infrared (VNIR) spectra, and Mini-TES thermal emission spectra are described, and a new set of subclasses, defined on the basis of microtexture, is presented. The size of knobby protuberances, quantifiable in Microscopic Imager (MI) data, is correlated with iron oxidation state and the abundance of nanophase and amorphous material. The variation across Watchtower Class targets may be due to gel weathering resulting from acid fog, with the degree of alteration varying inversely with the amount of insolation. In addition to the science, this dissertation presents detailed descriptions of the Mars Exploration Rover vehicle and all of its instruments and payload elements, including the physics behind each instrument; data analysis techniques, capabilities and limitations; and archived data products. Resources for finding MER data and the context of Spirit's mission are listed.

"Estimating the True Colors of Mars" by Jim Bell and Dmitry Savransky (Cornell University) briefly describes the process used to produce approximately true color images from MER Pancam image data.

"Creating False Color Images of Mars" by Jim Bell and Dmitry Savransky (Arizona State University, Cornell University)" briefly describes the process used to produce false-color images from MER Pancam image data.

Astronomy from Gusev! This page has nighttime images that Spirit acquired of stars, moons, and potentially meteors.

This is a recording of a presentation at The Exploratorium by sociologist Dr. Janet Vertesi, who studied the MER team. It is aimed at a general audience, and titled "Seeing like a Rover".

"The Mars Exploration Rovers Update Archives: A comprehensive accounting of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers". From 2004 to 2019, journalist (and MER PORTAL Interview Consultant) A.J.S. Rayl followed the adventures of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity for The Planetary Society. Her exclusive coverage is archived here.