This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several
weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22
degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars.
The full-circle panorama in approximately true color shows the polygonal
patterning of ground in the landing area, similar to patterns in
permafrost areas on Earth. North is toward the top. Trenches where
Phoenix's robotic arm has been exposing subsurface material are visible
just north of the lander.
This view comprises more than 100 different camera pointings, with images
taken through three different filters at each pointing. It is presented
here as a vertical projection.
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.
