From Ashes to Eternity: the Phoenix Mars Mission
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PHOE-SOL090-PIA11054-1.jpgStar-like Objects in the Morning Lights - Sol 9053 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL090-PIA11054-2.jpgIce Cold Sunrise on Mars - Sol 90 (natural colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visiteFrom the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian Arctic Circle, the Sun does not set during the peak of the Martian Summer.
This period of maximum solar energy is past — on Sol 86, the 86th Martian Day after the Phoenix landing, the Sun fully set behind a slight rise to the North for about half an hour.
This red-filter image taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager, shows the Sun rising on the morning of Sol 90, Aug. 25, 2008, the last day of the Phoenix nominal mission.
The image was taken at 51 minutes past Midnight (Local Solar Time) during the slow sunrise that followed a 75 minute "night". The skylight in the image is light scattered off atmospheric dust particles and ice crystals.
The setting Sun does not mean the end of the Mission. In late July, the Phoenix Mission was extended through September, rather than the 90-Sol duration originally planned as the Prime Mission.MareKromium
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PHOE-SOL090-PIA11055.jpgVastitas' Surface, according to NASA - Sol 90 (natural colors; credits: NASA)54 visiteDuring the first 90 Martian Days, or Soles, after its May 25, 2008, landing on an Arctic Plain of Mars, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug several trenches in the workspace reachable with the Lander's Robotic Arm (LRA).
The Lander's Surface Stereo Imager camera recorded this view of the workspace on Sol 90, early afternoon Local Mars time (overnight Aug. 25 to Aug. 26, 2008). The shadow of the the camera itself, atop its mast, is just left of the center of the image and roughly a third of a meter (one foot) wide.
The workspace is on the north side of the lander. The trench just to the right of center is called "Neverland".MareKromium
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PHOE-SOL090-lg24930-24931-24932-2.jpgSunrise - Sol 90 (Superdefinition; credits: Dr G. Barca)53 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL091-lg25384-25452-25674-2.jpgVastitas' Horizon - Sol 91 (Superdefinition and natural colors; credits: Dr G. Barca & Lunexit)55 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL094-MF.jpgThe "Trench" - Sol 94 (True Colors; credits: Dr M. Faccin)53 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL094-PIA11060.gifIce Clouds over Vastitas - Sol 94 (GIF-Movie; credits: NASA)53 visiteClouds scoot across the Martian Sky in a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
This clip accelerates the motion. The camera took these 10 frames over a 10-minute period from 14:52 to 15:02 M.LT. at the Phoenix Site during Sol 94 (Aug. 29), the 94th Martian day since landing.
Particles of water-ice make up these clouds, like ice-crystal cirrus clouds on Earth. Ice hazes have been common at the Phoenix site in recent days. The camera took these images as part of a campaign by the Phoenix team to see clouds and track winds. The view is toward slightly West of due South, so the clouds are moving Westward or West-NorthWestward.
The clouds are a dramatic visualization of the Martian Water Cycle. The water vapor comes off the North Pole during the peak of Summer. The Northern-Mars Summer has just passed its peak water-vapor abundance at the Phoenix Site. The atmospheric water is available to form into clouds, fog and frost, such as the Lander has been observing recently. MareKromium
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PHOE-SOL095-MF.jpgThrough the Clouds... - Sol 95 (natural colors; credits: Dr M. Faccin)53 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL095-MF1.jpgMicroscopic Vastitas - Sol 95 (True Colors; credits: Dr M. Faccin)53 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL095-PIA11151-GIF.gifNight-Clouds over Vastitas - Sol 95 (GIF-Movie; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University )53 visiteAn angry looking sky is captured in a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
The clip accelerates the motion. The images were take around 03:00 M.L.T. at the Phoenix Site during Sol 95 (Aug. 30), the 95th Martian day since landing.
The swirling clouds may be moving generally in a Westward direction over the Lander.
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PHOE-SOL096-GIF.gifSunset over Vastitas (GIF-Movie; credits: Dr G. Barca)72 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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PHOE-SOL097-ICEUNDER-MF.jpgUnder the Lander - Sol 97 (True Colors; credits: Dr M. Faccin)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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