View of hillocks on the slopes of Mount Sharp, showing the various types of terrain (IMAGE)

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View of hillocks on the slopes of Mount Sharp, showing the various types of terrain

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View of hillocks on the slopes of Mount Sharp, showing the various types of terrain that will soon be explored by the Curiosity rover, and the ancient environments in which they formed, according to the sedimentary structures observed in ChemCam's telescope images (mosaics A and B).

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