View of Mount Sharp (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

View of Mount Sharp

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View of Mount Sharp, Mars, with buttes showing main stratigraphy of the sulfate-bearing unit to be explored by the Curiosity rover, and expected ancient environments based on observed sedimentary structures.

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Rapin et al., Geology

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