Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2015 - Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues about multiple episodes of fluid movement. These episodes occurred later than the wet environmental conditions that formed lake-bed deposits the rover examined at the mountain's base. Curiosity has analyzed rock samples drilled from three targets lower on the mountain in t ... more

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