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This color-enhanced picture from the MRO shows the distribution of phyllosilicates (shown in green) in an ancient delta Image credit: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL/MSSS/Brown University
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NASA’s $720 million Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided groundbreaking insight into the environmental makeup of the planet during its earliest geological age. Images from the MRO reveal that the Red Planet was originally a muddy brown, with vast lakes and flowing rivers covering a predominantly clay surface.
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