Spirit's front hazard-identification camera shows the rover's robotic arm after it was deployed from a stowed position beneath the front porch of the rover body early Friday. This is the first use of the arm to deploy the microscopic imager, one of four geological instruments located on the arm. The instrument will help scientists analyze and understand Martian rocks and soils by taking very high resolution, close-up images.

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