Trench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by NASA Lander

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This view from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander shows the trench informally named Snow White.
This view from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the trench informally named "Snow White."
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water.


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