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Columbia Hills

Columbia Hills

The two Mars Exploration Rovers were looking for sedimentary rock to learn more about the water that used to exist on Mars. The Spirit rover landed on a volcanic plain where sedimentary rocks were hard to find. Scientists used exaggerated-color views like this one to help them search.


Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
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