The Phoenix Mars lander's robotic-arm camera took this image of the
spacecraft's thermal and electrical-conductivity probe (TECP) inserted
into Martian soil on day 149 of the mission. Phoenix landed on Mars'
northern plains on May 25, 2008, landing.
The robotic-arm camera acquired this image at 16:02:41 local solar time.
The camera pointing was elevation -72.6986 degrees and azimuth 2.1093
degrees.
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.
