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A Day on Mars [1]

The Curiosity rover captured this view of the Martian landscape on August 22. The rock face comprises layers of sandstone covered with loose layers of wind-blown sand. The rover has found that some of the rock layers around it formed in a watery environment. [NASA/JPL/MSSS]

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