Some hours ago, the Phoenix lander touched down on Mars, and just in the last few hours sent back some pictures. One of them has an interesting feature in it:

Click the image below this to see the entire picture and the strange white ‘blip’ in context. Whats interesting about the object is that it appears to have a shadow as well, which might mean it’s a real thing (and not a processing or data error). Neat. I’m really looking forward to seeing what comes out in the next couple of months from this project! To see more images from Phoenix, click this gallery link.