This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th
Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows the silver colored rasp
protruding from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm scoop. The scoop
is inverted and the rasp is pointing up.
Shown with its forks pointing toward the ground is the thermal and
electrical conductivity probe, at the lower right. The Robotic Arm Camera
is pointed toward the ground.
The Phoenix Mission is led by the University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf
of NASA. Project management of the mission is led by NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Spacecraft development is by Lockheed Martin
Space Systems, Denver.