Lander View of the surface of Mars looking across the Viking 2 Lander Viking 2 lander image looking back across the craft.
Dark boulders are prominent against the reddish soil.
The landing site, Utopia Plantia, is a region of fractured plains. The lander is about 200 km south of Mie crater, and may be on top of one of the crater's ejecta blankets. The largest rocks are about half a meter in size. The view is approximately to the southwest.