This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo
Imager (SSI) in the late afternoon of the 30th Martian day of the mission,
or Sol 30 (June 25, 2008). This is hours after the beginning of Martian
northern summer. SSI used its natural-color filters, therefore the color
is the color you would see on Mars. The image shows shadows from the SSI
(left) and from the meteorological station mast (right) stretching toward
the east as the sun dropped low in the west.
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