NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale catches a breeze as clouds move over
the landing site on Sol 103 (Sept. 7, 2008), the 103rd Martian day since
landing.
Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager took this series of images during daily
telltale monitoring around 3 p.m. local solar time and captured the clouds
moving over the landing site.
Phoenix can measure wind speed and direction by imaging the telltale,
which is about about 10 centimeters (4 inches) tall. The telltale was
built by the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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.
