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  • Martian Sand Is Swallowing The Phoenix Lander

    Martian Sand Is Swallowing The Phoenix Lander

    Ryan F. Mandelbaum

    The Phoenix Lander detected water on Mars during its three-month mission in 2008 and now it is being swallowed by the planet’s dust. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped the above two images, one in 2008 and the other in December of 2017.