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Scratching at the Surface

Scratching at the Surface
Scratching at the Surface The sampler arm of the Viking 2 lander digs in the regolith at Utopia Planitia. The cylinder on the right is the ejected shroud that once covered the collector head on the sampler. NASA/JPL/Bill Dunford