Phoenix starts sending pictures

I was woken up to the day's newspaper with the images taken from the martian surface by the phoenix mars lander.

It is always exciting to have a look at the world next to you, however barren or mundane it appreas !!!
I was excited to see the pictures in the newspaper.

The following link has lot of images taken by phoenix after it landed on Mars...
http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=0&cID=8



http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=434&cID=8 gives a view of the surrounding area.



For more information on phoenix you can have a look at wiki website for phoenix:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)

Mission of phoenix is to find microbes and evidence of water on Martian soil. I hope that they are successful in their mission.