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Mars rover says: 'good evening gale crater!'

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Sunspot region 2192 (lower left) as seen by Curiosity

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Siding Spring comet as seen by Curiosity

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This photo of Phobos was taken by Curiosity

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Phobos occults Deimos photographed by Curiosity

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Ok, now let's come back to Earth .. I mean Mars

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any cacodemon around?
 
A color mosaic of Candor Chasma (part of Valles Marineris)

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And here's geological map of that area

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Two new shots (and lots of old ones) by Opportunity rover

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Interesting news: Mars Rover has found carbon-containing compounds in rock samples on Mars in the crater. Carbon indicates the possibility that organic material may have been present at one time, since it is associated with life on earth. It has also detected methane spike for the last year as well, including a large one that lasted almost 60 days. On Earth, methane is associated with organic(aka life) material as well.

Unfortunately the rover doesn't have the capability to do any more detailed study, so any follow up will have to wait a long time to answer that question.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-space-mars-idUSKBN0JU2JX20141217
 
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