What you're looking at is a picture of the Phoenix lander, during its descent. This isn't a recreation or anything -- the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, operated by remote from 90 million miles away, with a window of only minutes, caught Phoenix's landing on camera.
Way to go, NASA. And congratulations on the whole "not smashing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hardware" thing, too.
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What's awesome too, is that I was just thinking, "Wouldn't a video of the descent kick butt?" Then I saw this! Fantastic, simply... out of this world.
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