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NASA's Curiosity Analyzing Sample of Martian Mountain


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Curiosity drilling into Mojave 2

Gray cuttings from Curiosity's drilling into a target called "Mojave 2" are visible surrounding the sample-collection hole in this Jan. 31, 2015, image from the rover's MAHLI camera. This site in the "Pahrump Hills" outcrop provided the mission's second d

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

The second bite of a Martian mountain taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hints at long-ago effects of water that was more acidic than any evidenced in the rover's first taste of Mount Sharp, a layered rock record of ancient Martian environments.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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