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Showing posts with label Martian water channel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martian water channel. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The shore of an ancient Martian water channel


The rover Curiosity found some extraordinary features on the surface of the Red Planet that have a strong similarity to the shores of the land waterways.

For example, today's image shows the small ledge of rock that most likely formed by water erosion circulating underneath. The outgoing texture appears to be a sedimentary conglomerate, ie dried debris numerous smaller rocks that stuck together.