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Deep Water May Have Surrounded Ancient Mars Mountain

Deep Water May Have Surrounded Ancient Mars Mountain

National Geographic - Marc Kaufman

A giant lake could have filled Gale Crater and encircled Mount Sharp. Water-carved rocks high up on a Martian mountain, just reported by planetary scientists, point to a very watery past for the red planet. The new finding comes from Gale Crater, where NASA's Curiosity rover landed in 2012. The rover …

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