NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this false color
image on Sol 72 (August 7, 2008), the 72nd Martian day after landing. It
shows a soil sample from a trench informally called "Rosy Red" after being
delivered to a gap between partially opened doors on the lander's Thermal
and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.
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.
