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Phoenix landing site monitoring from HiRISE: Jan. 26, 2012

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Phoenix landing site monitoring from HiRISE: Jan. 26, 2012 Just before the summer solstice, the Sun is 40 degrees above the horizon. The dark bounce mark and bright parachute that originally made the landing site easy to spot have apparently vanished. Now the best way to recognize the landing site is from the dark shadows thrown by the lander and backshell.

NASA / JPL / UA / annotations by Emily Lakdawalla

Image scale is 25 cm/pixel. North is to the left. From HiRISE image ESP_025786_2485.

Copyright holder: Emily Lakdawalla

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about January 26, 2012

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