The planned landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander lies at a latitude
on Mars equivalent to northern Alaska on Earth. It is within the region
designated "D" on this global image.
This is an orthographic projection with color-coded elevation contours and
shaded relief based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. Total vertical relief is about 28
kilometers (17 miles) from the top of the highest volcano (red) to the
northern lowlands (blue). North pole is where the longitude lines
converge.
