Home Plate is the current spot that the Spirit rover is sitting on. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted it on the plateau which may give clues about the geological hisotry. The MRO will hopefully help guide the Spirit around Home Plate. In the pitcure below you can see the circle around the Spirit Rover
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The MRO was traveling 168 miles above Home Plate when it took the picture this past September. Just last year, the MRO found the Spirit's tracks through the Gusev Crater and had seen Opprotunity make its way around the rim of the Victoria Crater.
This picture helps us define Home Plate as as somthing that was created ages ago as an explosive volcanic deposit.
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