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Phoenix digs into the dirt
Posted By Emily Lakdawalla
2008/06/02 12:09 CDT
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Tonight's downlink from Phoenix proves that the lander has dug up a scoop of dirt from the surface of Mars for the first time. Here's a crossed-eye stereo view, similar to the one I posted earlier today of Yeti -- you can see many of the same rocks. But the Yeti's footprint has been replaced by a squarish scoop cut in to the Martian soil.

NASA / JPL / UA
Site of Phoenix' first scoop into the Martian dirt
On sol 7 of its mission to the Martian northern plains, Phoenix dug in to the Martian soil for the first time. This is a crossed-eye stereo view, taken through the left and right eyes of the mast-mounted camera; cross your eyes until the two images overlap to make it appear three-dimensional.
NASA / JPL / UA
Martian dirt inside Phoenix' scoop
On sol 7, Phoenix dug into the Martian dirt, and captured a photo of the soil sample with its robotic arm camera.Go Phoenix!
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