Phoenix Vibrates Soil on Oven Door

Monday, June 9, 2008 - 13:14 in Astronomy & Space

This animation shows a sample of Martian soil resting on a screen over the opening to one of the eight ovens of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument on Phoenix. After vibration, the soil slumped almost imperceptibly downhill.

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