Large boulders are visible in this picture taken by the Mars Pathfinder lander camera on July 4, 1997. The landing site was the dry flood channel named Ares Valles. The boulders probably represent deposits from one of the catastrophic floods that carved the ancient channel. Between the rocks is brownish windblown soil. The gray-tan sky results from dust particles in the atmosphere.

Large boulders are visible in this picture taken by the Mars Pathfinder lander camera on July 4, 1997. The landing site was the dry flood channel named Ares Valles. The boulders probably represent deposits from one of the catastrophic floods that carved the ancient channel. Between the rocks is brownish windblown soil. The gray-tan sky results from dust particles in the atmosphere.

Large boulders are visible in this picture taken by the Mars Pathfinder lander camera on July 4, 1997. The landing site was the dry flood channel named Ares Valles. The boulders probably represent deposits from one of the catastrophic floods that carved the ancient channel. Between the rocks is brownish windblown soil. The gray-tan sky results from dust particles in the atmosphere.

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