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Mars soil sample taken by Phoenix spacecraft

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Novapix

reference: a-mar12-00005

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 16 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ASTRONOMY - LANDSCAPE - MARS - MARTIAN SURFACE - PHOENIX - PLANET - ROBOTIC ARM - SAMPLE - SOIL - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - VASTITAS BOREALIS -