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Ares 3 and The Martian
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This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a region of Acidalia Planitia which is covered by dense fields of boulders up to several meters high. In "The Martian" by Andy Weir (watch for the movie in late 2015), stranded astronaut Mark Watney spends most of his time at the "Ares 3" site in southern Acidalia Planitia. The book describes Acidalia as flat and easy to drive over; he even drives to the Pathfinder landing site and back.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAres 3 and The Martian. NASA/JPL, 2015-03-11. Public domain. ID: PIA19306.
