Annotated Version
Left-eye view of a stereo pair
Right-eye view of a stereo pair
This image is a stereo, panoramic view of various trenches dug by NASA's
Phoenix Mars Lander. The images that make up this panorama were taken by
Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager at about 4 p.m., local solar time at the
landing site, on the 131st, Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 7,
2008).
In figure 1, the trenches are labeled in orange and other features are
labeled in blue. Figures 2 and 3 are the left- and right-eye members of a
stereo pair.
For scale, the "Pet Donkey" trench just to the right of center is
approximately 38 centimeters (15 inches) long and 31 to 34 centimeters (12
to 13 inches) wide. In addition, the rock in front of it, "Headless," is
about 11.5 by 8.5 centimeters (4.5 by 3.3 inches), and about 5 centimeters
(2 inches) tall.
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.
