Mars - Viking 2 Lander
Viking 2 Lander eastward color view showing trenches and shroud
Viking 2 Lander close-up of the surface of Mars. The
metal cylinder at right is the shroud for the surface
sampler instrument, which was ejected after landing.
To the left of it are trenches dug by the sampling arm,
and at lower right part of a footpad can be seen.
Note the holes in the rocks, which appear to be
vesicles produced by gas bubbles when the rocks first
solidified from lava. The camera is looking due east
and local time is 19:47. The shroud is about 30 cm long.
(Viking 2 Lander, 22G144)
Mars
Viking Mission
