Spirit reaches Home Plate

NASA's orbiter has spotted the Spirit rover sitting on a rock formation called "Home Plate." Images from the orbiter could provide clues about the plateau's geological history and serve as a guide for future missions around Home Plate. Besides being useful to known the geological area, it is also very cool to find a rover from orbit. It is also useful to know the area that the rover is exploring. It confirms alot of the information that Spirit sees on the ground. For the image of Home Plate the imagery confirms that Home Plate was created as an explosive volcanic deposit. Now the Spirit rover is in search of a safe place for winter and the images from above can lead the scientists to find a good place. For more information see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21980167/