This image, taken by Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2008 (sol, or Martian day, 142) shows Martian dirt piled on top of the spacecraft's deck and some of its instruments. In the upper-left are several wet chemistry cells of the lander's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA). In the lower right is the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer. The excess sample delivered to the MECA’s sample stage can be seen on the deck in the lower left portion of the image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute
