https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-to-park-insight-lander-on-a-perfectly-dull-patch-of-mars/ > A NASA illustration shows the wide lava plain with InSight in position. > "If Elysium Planitia were a salad, it would consist of romaine lettuce and kale -- no dressing," InSight principal investigator Bruce Banerdt said in a news release Monday. "If it were an ice cream, it would be vanilla."