Phoenix photos in color

Newest goodies from the north polar region of Mars:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/phoenix/main.php
Soil color looks very similar to what the two MERs found at heir
landing sites.
Tan/orangish iron oxide soil as expected.
Far more small rocks in the soil than at either of the MER sites.
Small-scale rough terrain quite different than one would find on Earth
outside of an area of severe volcanic action unaltered by any sort of
modifying via weathering, glaciers, or rivers.
On Earth, you can find soils like this in the barren areas of the
northern African rift valley, as well as the volcanic fields that sit in
the western areas of the Arabian Sinai, and that are a extensions of it.

Pat