New insight into Martian environment
A three-dimensional image of a trough in the Nili Fossae region of Mars reveals the distribution of phyllosilicates (shown in magenta)
Image credit: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL/University of Arizona/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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