This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Mars Surface Views Mars - View Of The Surface Looking Across The Viking 2 Lander |
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Viking 2 lander image looking back across the craft. Dark boulders are prominent against the reddish soil. The landing site, Utopia Planitia, is a region of fractured plains. The lander is about 200 km south of Mie crater, and may be on top of one of the crater's ejecta blankets. The largest rocks are about half a meter in size. The view is approximately to the southwest. (Voyager 2 Lander, 22A158)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27