Huge ancient sandstorm on Mars revealed in rippled sediments
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View larger. | Here are some of the bedrock blocks in the Martian Jawbone Canyon region with the ripple marks on them. The ripples are evidence of an intense ancient sandstorm on Mars. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ MSSS/ Geological Society of America/ Astrobiology.
Mars has huge dust storms that can cover the entire planet. But what about in the past?
Odd ripple marks on slabs of bedrock, which the Curiosity rover found, are evidence of an even stronger sandstorm about 3.5 billion years ago.
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Mars has huge dust storms that can cover the entire planet. But what about in the past?
Odd ripple marks on slabs of bedrock, which the Curiosity rover found, are evidence of an even stronger sandstorm about 3.5 billion years ago.
The
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