• Phoenix Relays Back Images of Martian Dust Particles


    This is the highest resolution image ever sent back to Earth by the Phoenix Mars Lander featuring dust and sand particles. The image was captured by the camera of the optical microscope instrument on board the spacecraft and shows particles of dust as small as one-tenth of the diameter of the human hair. The mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander is to study whether or not the Red Planet as we know it was ever habitable for life. "We have images showing the diversity of mineralogy on Mars at a s...

    Published : 2008-06-06 Read more

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