GALE 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

GALE 3

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A comparison by Rice University scientist Michael Thorpe of chemical and climate weathering of sedimentary rock in Mars' Gale Crater indicate the region's mean temperature billions of years ago was akin to current conditions on Iceland.

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