Contact: Jason Maderer
maderer@gatech.edu
404-385-2966
Georgia Institute of Technology
Caption: This bomb sag on the surface of Mars was created during a volcanic blast approximately 3.5 billion years ago. Assistant professor Josef Dufek has replicated the sag in his lab while studying the possibility of water and atmospheric conditions of early Mars.
Credit: NASA/JPL
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