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PIA11031: Snow White Trench (Animation)
Snow White Trench (Animation)
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Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Phoenix
Spacecraft: Phoenix Lander
Instrument: Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
Product Size: 540 samples x 540 lines
Produced By: JPL
Full-Res TIFF: PIA11031.tif (292.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA11031.jpg (48.04 kB)

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This animation shows the evolution of the trench called "Snow White" that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging on the 22nd Martian day of the mission after the May 25, 2008, landing.

The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of NASA. Project management of the mission is by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M


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