This image taken on June 5, 2008 shows the Robotic Arm scoop containing a soil sample poised over the partially open door of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer's number four cell, or oven. Light-colored clods of material on the scoop's lower edge may be part of the crusted surface material seen previously near the foot of the lander. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University
