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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-29 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Oct. 18, 2008. The flat patch in the center of the image has the informal name 'Holy Cow,' based on researchers' reaction when they first saw it.
PIA11379:
Underneath the Phoenix Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-29 Mars Phoenix
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Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic-arm camera took this image of the spacecraft's thermal and electrical-conductivity probe (TECP) inserted into Martian soil on May 25, 2008.
PIA11378:
Phoenix's Probe Inserted in Martian Soil
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Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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This image taken on Oct. 14, 2008 shows four of the eight cells in the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA, on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. TEGA's ovens, located underneath the cells, heat soil samples so the released gases can be analyzed.
PIA11236:
Soil Fills Phoenix Laboratory Cell
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-09 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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This image shows soil on the doors of the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The image was taken by the lander on Oct. 7, 2008. This sample delivered to TEGA was named 'Rosy Red.'
PIA11128:
Soil on Phoenix's TEGA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-03 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image is a composite view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) with its lights on, as seen by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) taken on Sept. 22, 2008. This composite image is not true color.
PIA11225:
Robotic Arm Camera on Mars with Lights On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-03 Mars Phoenix
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Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This approximate color image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera taken on the afternoon of Sept. 22, 2008. This yields proper coloring when imaging Phoenix's surrounding Martian environment.
PIA11224:
Robotic Arm Camera on Mars, with Lights Off
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-03 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) as seen by the lander's Robotic Arm Camera. This image was taken on the afternoon of Sept. 22, 2008.
PIA11223:
Surface Stereo Imager on Mars, Face-On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-03 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image is a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) as seen by the lander's Robotic Arm Camera. This image was taken on the afternoon of Sept. 22, 2008.
PIA11222:
Surface Stereo Imager on Mars, Side View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
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Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's Phoenix Lander's Robotic Arm scoop delivering a sample to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) and how samples are analyzed within the instrument.
PIA11212:
Animation of TEGA Sample Delivery and Analysis Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-09 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Sept. 1, 2008. The view underneath the lander shows growth of the clumps adhering to leg strut.
PIA11074:
Underneath Phoenix Lander 97 Sols After Touchdown
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander inserted the four needles of its thermal and conductivity probe into Martian soil during Sept. 4, 2008.
PIA11072:
Phoenix Conductivity Probe Inserted into Martian Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander inserted the four needles of its thermal and conductivity probe into Martian soil during Sept. 4, 2008 leaving an imprint visible below the probe, and a shadow showing the probe's four needles is cast on a rock to the left.
PIA11071:
Phoenix Conductivity Probe with Shadow and Toothmark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-22 Mars Phoenix
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Needles of the thermal and conductivity probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander were positioned into the bottom of a trench called 'Upper Cupboard.' The probe at the wrist of the robotic arm's scoop is seen after it was raised back out of the trench.
PIA10958:
Conductivity Probe after Trench-Bottom Placement
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-22 Mars Phoenix
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This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 20, 2008 shows some of the soil on the screen beneath the doors and one of the cell's two doors is fully open.
PIA11045:
Mid-Level Soil Sample for Oven Number Seven
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-11 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars took this image on August 6, 2008. The shadow shows the outline of Phoenix's Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe, or TECP. The holes seen in the Martian surface were made by this instrument to measure the soil's conductivity.
PIA11022:
Martian Surface after Phoenix's Conductivity Measurements
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-29 Mars Phoenix
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This image of 'Snow Queen,' was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA11000:
'Snow Queen' Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-28 Mars Phoenix
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This image from the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows that soil remained inside the arm's scoop after an attempt to deliver a soil sample to a laboratory oven on July 26, 2008.
PIA10982:
Soil Still in Scoop After Sample-Delivery Attempt
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-25 Mars Phoenix
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This view from July 25, 2008 by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the Robotic Arm scoop. The scoop was photographed to confirm it is empty in preparation for collecting a sample for analysis from a hard subsurface layer where soil may contain frozen water.
PIA10979:
Scoop Ready to Obtain New Sample
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-16 Mars Phoenix
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This image, taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera on Sol 50, the 50th day of the mission, July 15, 2008, shows material collected in the lander's scoop from the rasping activity on the Martian surface.
PIA10966:
Rasped Soil Sample in Phoenix Scoop
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 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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This image shows the first time that the four spikes of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's thermal and electrical conductivity probe were inserted into Martian soil.
PIA10941:
Phoenix Conductivity Probe Inserted in Martian Soil Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-30 Mars Phoenix
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This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera on June 29, 2008. This image shows the trench on Mars it had dug informally called 'Snow White 5.'
PIA10929:
Snow White 5 Trench
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008. Small clumps of fine, fluffy, red soil particles were collected in a sample called 'Rosy Red.'
PIA10921:
'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
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Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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This portion of a picture acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera documents the delivery of soil to one of four Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) cells on the 30th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA10920:
Delivery to the Wet Chemistry Laboratory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
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This image shows fine-grained material inside the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 25, 2008. Fine, fluffy, red soil particles were collected in a sample called 'Rosy Red.'
PIA10919:
'Rosy Red' Soil in Phoenix's Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA10918:
Pan and Zoom of 'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is shown with one set of oven doors open and dirt from a sample delivery. A portion of the dirt sample entered the oven via a screen for analysis.
PIA10900:
Robotic Arm Camera Image of the South Side of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (Door TA4 receiving sample)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-09 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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This image shows a sample of Martian soil resting on a screen over the opening to one of the eight ovens of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument (TEGA) on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10782:
Small Effect of Vibrating Martian Soil Sample on Oven Door Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-09 Mars Phoenix
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This image, acquired by the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, shows a spring on the ground under the lander near a footpad. This spring was released from the lander when the biobarrier was opened to free the Robotic Arm.
PIA10781:
Metal Spring near Phoenix Footpad
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-09 Mars Phoenix
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This sample of Martian soil was collected by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during the day after landing on June 8, 2008. The Robotic Arm Camera took the picture of the contents of the arm's scoop.
PIA10778:
Clumps in Phoenix Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-08 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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The Robotic Arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander released a sample of Martian soil onto a screened opening of the lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) during the 12th Martian day, or sol, since landing (June 6, 2008).
PIA10776:
Martian Soil Delivery to Analytical Instrument on Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-06 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scooped its first martian soil on June 5, 2008 as the first soil sample for delivery to the laboratory on the lander deck.
PIA10773:
Martian Soil Ready for Robotic Laboratory Analysis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer instrument had been checked out and been approved to accept the sample from the location informally called 'Baby Bear.'
PIA10769:
First TEGA Oven is Ready to Accept a Sample
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe
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This image was taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) on the ninth Martian day of the mission, or Sol 9 (June 3, 2008). The center of the image shows a trench informally called 'Dodo' after the second dig.
PIA10763:
Phoenix's "Dodo" Trench
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the exhaust from its descent engine has blown soil off to reveal either rock or ice on the martian surface beneath it.
PIA10762:
Martian Surface Beneath Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a detailed image of the feature informally called 'Snow Queen,' located just beneath the lander. The holes in the image are located under Phoenix's thrusters.
PIA10761:
Martian Surface Beneath Phoenix Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander reaching with its Robotic Arm and taking a picture of the surface underneath the lander. The light feature in the middle of the image below the leg is informally called 'Holy Cow.'
PIA10760:
How Phoenix Looks Under Itself Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the martian surface beneath it. The light feature below the leg is informally called 'Holy Cow.'
PIA10759:
Martian Surface Beneath Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows 3 images of a handful of martian soil the robotic arm scoop dug from the digging site informally called 'Knave of Hearts,' from the trench informally called 'Dodo' on June 1, 2008.
PIA10758:
Color Views of Soil Scooped on Sol 9
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-03 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows partial opening of doors to one of the tiny ovens of itsThermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer. Each oven has a pair of spring-loaded doors over the opening where a soil sample will be delivered.
PIA10751:
Partially Opened Oven on Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-02 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows material from the martian surface captured by the robotic arm scoop during its first test dig and dump on June 1, 2008. The test sample shown was taken from the digging area informally known as 'Knave of Hearts.'
PIA10745:
Martian Soil Inside Phoenix's Robotic Arm Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-02 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows shows a close-up of the 'Snow Queen' feature under the lander. The area has a smooth surface with layers visible and several smooth rounded cavities.
PIA10742:
Potential Ice Table Under Lander Imaged
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-31 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows its descent thrusters and smooth surfaces cleared from overlying soil by the rocket exhaust during landing.
PIA10741:
Hard Substrate, Possibly Ice, Uncovered Under the Mars Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows that exhaust from the descent engine has blown soil off to reveal either rock or ice.
PIA10739:
Mars Surface Beneath Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
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This is the first image taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, one day after landing. The scoop is in the stowed position, awaiting deployment of the robotic arm.
PIA10722:
Phoenix 'Gets the Scoop' on the Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This artist's image of an imaginary camera zooming in from above shows the location of the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it acquires an image of the scoop at the end of the arm.
PIA10715:
View from Above of Phoenix's Stowed Robotic Arm Camera Animation Icon
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