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The Viking 1 Lander sampling arm created a number of deep trenches as part of the surface composition and biology experiments on Mars. The digging tool on the sampling arm (at lower center) could scoop up samples of material and deposit them into the appropriate experiment. Some holes were dug deeper to study soil which was not affected by solar radiation and weathering. The trenches in this ESE looking image are in the "Sandy Flats" area of the landing site at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryse_Planitia" class="extiw" title="en:Chryse Planitia">Chryse Planitia</a>. The boom holding the meteorology sensors is at left. More information can be found at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128bu.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.BLU</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128gn.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.GRN</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128rd.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.RED</a>.

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current	06:42, 22 December 2016		1,042 × 512 (839 KB)	127.0.0.1 (talk)	<p><b>Original Caption Released with NASA image:</b><br> The Viking 1 Lander sampling arm created a number of deep trenches as part of the surface composition and biology experiments on Mars. The digging tool on the sampling arm (at lower center) could scoop up samples of material and deposit them into the appropriate experiment. Some holes were dug deeper to study soil which was not affected by solar radiation and weathering. The trenches in this ESE looking image are in the "Sandy Flats" area of the landing site at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryse_Planitia" class="extiw" title="en:Chryse Planitia">Chryse Planitia</a>. The boom holding the meteorology sensors is at left. More information can be found at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128bu.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.BLU</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128gn.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.GRN</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/d1xx/11d128rd.htm">Viking Lander Image 11D128.RED</a>. </p>

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