A Sampling of Martian Soils
This collage shows the variety of soils found at landing sites on Mars. The elemental composition of the typical, reddish soils were investigated by NASA Viking, Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions, and now with the Curiosity rover.
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PIA16571
Date Created
December 3, 2012
Center
JPL
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