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Earth and Moon as seen from Mars
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Clouds in North Polar Region Tracked by MOC Over Five Day Period
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Viking July 31, 1976 MGS April,2001
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Gullies and Streaks on Crater wall Kaiser October, 2002
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Recent Movements: New Landslides in Less than 1 Martian Year
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Layers, Boulders, and Dust Zephyrus Fossae region west of the Elysium Rise 18 May 2003
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The Martian North Polar Cap in Summer - One Year Later early northern summer residual water ice remains through the summer
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Rectilinear Ridges In South Polar Layered Terrain ("Inca City")
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Water on Mars Global Map of Epithermal Neutrons
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Triple point of water Liquid water cannot exist below 6.112 millibar Mars Pathfinder recorded pressures 6.77 millibar to 7.08 millibar and temperatures from -8°C at 2:30pm to -77°C at 5:30am MGS has recorded temperatures as high as +24ºC In the day, an astronaut would feel his head 10º colder than his toes
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MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Minerals found on Mars include hydrated minerals resulting from weathering Deconvolution results for Martian surface spectral types 1 and 2. A Global View of Martian Surface Compositions from MGS-TES Joshua L. Bandfield, Victoria E. Hamilton, Philip R. Christensen Science, 3 March 2000, volume 287, pages 1626-1630 Surface type 1 Model-derived modes (%) Microcline15.8 Andesine22 Bytownite21.5 Bronzite5.4 Augite112.4 Augite311.3 Serpentine4.8 Gypsum1.8 Calcite3.7 Dolomite0.9 Kaolinite2.4 Illite9.9 RMS error (emissivity) = 0.179 Surface type 2 Model derived modes (%) Microcline15.7 Bytownite27 Actinolite6.1 Muscovite5.7 Bronzite1.6 Augite18.4 Forsterite (olivine)2.9 Gypsum4.5 Dolomite3.3 Fe-smectite9.2 Illite2.2 Obsidian Glass22.8 RMS error (emissivity)= 0.089
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Spirit shows its neighborhood
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