PIA10903- "Dodo-Goldilocks" Trench

Autor/Urheber:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University

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https://dewiki.de/b/d496a

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

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Beschreibung:

This color image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 19th day of the mission, or Sol 19 (June 13, 2008), after the May 25, 2008, landing. This image shows one trench informally called "Dodo-Goldilocks" after two digs (dug on Sol 18, or June 12, 2008) by Phoenix's Robotic Arm. The trench is 22 centimeters (8.7 inches) wide and 35 centimeters (13.8 inches) long. At its deepest point, the trench is 7 to 8 centimeters (2.7 to 3 inches) deep. White material, possibly ice, is located only at the upper portion of the trench, indicating that it is not continuous throughout the excavated site. According to scientists, the trench might be exposing a ledge, or only a portion of a slab, of the white material.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

Diese Mediendatei wurde vom Jet Propulsion Lab der US-amerikanischen National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unter der Datei-ID PIA10903 kategorisiert.

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