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The Martian Hills Where the Curiosity Rover Is Going
A new hi-resolution image of the mesa-like layered hills (see those tiny, fine layers in the picture?) that the Curiosity rover will be traveling to explore. It’s these layers, and the timeline of Martian geology that they represent, that hold the history of Martian terrain in milennia past.
(via The Atlantic)
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The Martian Hills Where the Curiosity Rover Is Going

A new hi-resolution image of the mesa-like layered hills (see those tiny, fine layers in the picture?) that the Curiosity rover will be traveling to explore. It’s these layers, and the timeline of Martian geology that they represent, that hold the history of Martian terrain in milennia past.

(via The Atlantic)

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