Mars landscape Mt Sharp taken by NASA (IMAGE)

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Mars landscape Mt Sharp taken by NASA

Caption

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this photo as it ascended the Martian mountain Mt. Sharp. A study proposes a new explanation for why Mars is a barren desert today, despite having many similarities to Earth.

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Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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