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Showing posts with label terrestrial features. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terrestrial features. Show all posts

Friday, October 12, 2012

Found a rock on Mars with terrestrial features


CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - When scientists selected a stone to test the laser robot on Mars Curiosity, expected to enclose the same raw materials as the stones found in other areas of the Red Planet, but in its place realized that it was more similar to rocks found on Earth.

The stone was chemically more like an unusual rock type found on oceanic islands like Hawaii and Santa Elena, and in continental areas with cracks as the Rio Grande, which stretches from Colorado to Chihuahua, Mexico.