![Close-up of a pitted volcanic rock resting on the Chryse Planitia lowland of Mars, photographed by …[Credits : NASA/JPL/Caltech]](http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/67/73467-004-BA0414DD.jpg)
Close-up of a pitted volcanic rock resting on the Chryse Planitia lowland of Mars, photographed by the Mars Pathfinder lander’s rover, Sojourner, on September 17, 1997. From the low perspective of Sojourner’s camera, the rock appears boulder-sized, but it is only about 35 cm (1 foot) high. Pathfinder landed on the eastern side of Chryse Planitia at the mouth of a large outflow channel, about 850 km (530 miles) southeast of Viking 1’s landing site.
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