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Here are the very first images from Mars Phoenix Lander. In the upper left image the solar panel array that provides power to the lander can be seen to have deployed and the lander now has power. The image to the right depicts one of the lander’s three leg pads. 

The first view of the Martian landscape in the area around the lander. The region of Mars chosen for the lander’s mission is above Mars’ arctic circle and there is believed to be water under Phoenix’s foot pad. A shovel on the lander will reach out and scoop up some of the soil of the Martian tundra and analyze it, looking for signs of life and to measure it’s composition.

We will feature additional images from Mars as they become available from JPL/NASA.