In the summer of 2016 soil samples where collected from Nýjidalur and Fjórðungsvatn in the highlands of Iceland, that in some degree resemble the Mars surface as the site was a part of the ExoMars HABIT project.
Sumarið 2016 voru sýni tekin af hálendi úr jarðvegi sem líkir eftir yfirborði Mars við Nýjadal og Fjórðungsvatn.