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Remaining Martian Atmosphere Still Dynamic


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Dust from Mars drilling

This image shows the first holes into rock drilled by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, with drill tailings around the holes plus piles of powdered rock collected from the deeper hole and later discarded after other portions of the sample had been delivered to

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what's left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity indicate. Rover team members reported diverse findings today at the European Geosciences Union 2013 General Assembly, in Vienna.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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