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Collection:
NASA Mars Collecton
title:
Terrain Type for Phoenix Landing
Description:
This view shows the texture of the ground in the area favored as a landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission. The pattern resembles permafrost terrain on Earth, where cycles of thawing and freezing cause cracking into polygon shapes.

This is a subframe, covering a patch of ground about 700 meters (2,300 feet) across, from a larger image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Nov. 11, 2006. The full image, catalogued as PSP_ 001418_2495, shows an area of far-northern Mars centered at 69.2 degrees north latitude, 234.2 degrees east longitude.
section:
Martian Terrain
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Phoenix
facet_what:
Phoenix Mars Lander
facet_what:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
facet_what:
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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SPD-MARS-gallery/mar tianterrain/20070709 a.html
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Terrain Type for Phoenix Landing