Spirit moves North for the Winter

The slope that the Spirit is going to be staying on for the winter will help the amount of sunlight that can reach the rover. The panels are still coated with dsut from the dust storm this past summer. The Spirit has been investigating the giant plateau called Home Plate for the past months. Winter is about to take place in the South, sot the rover has been searching for a northern tiliting slope to allow for sunlight to be harnessed by the solar panels of the rover, just to allow the rover to stay above minimum power needed. Hopefully the rover will be on its slop by the first of the year, where scientist do not know how long it will stay there. After winter, the Spirit rover will move back to the south looking at the geological features beyond Home Plate.

At the same time the rover Opprotunity is studying the Victoria Crater. It is taking a look at the top layer of the rock surrounding the crater.