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Mars soil sample taken by Phoenix spacecraft

by

NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Novapix

Reference

a-mar12-00005

Date

2008-06-14

Image of martian ground taken by Phoenix Mars Lander on june 10 2008. At left is a solar panel and at right the lander's Robotic Arm with a sample in the scoop. The image was taken just before the sample was delivered to the Optical Microscope.