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SOL4 285474816 Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Date: 2008-09-04
Sol: 4
Instrument: Optical Microscope (Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer)
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| The Optical Microscope on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, a component of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA), acquired this image of its sample stage at 12:24:06 Mars local true solar time at the Phoenix site on the mission's Martian day, or Sol, 4. The rotational (substrate selection) position of the stage was 1411 and its translation (focus) position was 48811. The sample illumination configuration was UV. Images are acquired both before and after sample deposition, and these should be compared to eliminate features that may have come from non-Martian sources. Additional information is available in the instrument section of the project website. 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. |
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