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Scouting The Red Planet - Part 3

Mars Global Surveyor's high-resolution photos and IR spectra of Mars' surface minerals have confirmed something long suspected: most of Mars' surface is blanketed with a layer of wind-blown dust and sand - sometimes meters thick - which is concealing most of its ancient surface features, and making analyses of local minerals almost impossible, as the dust has been mixed to an even composition all over the planet. (Hubble photo series of 2001 global dust storm)

 Cameron Park - August 6, 2001
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Spirit Heading To 'Home Plate'
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 09, 2006
 Last week Spirit completed robotic-arm work on "El Dorado." The rover used all three of its spectrometers plus the microscopic imager for readings over the New Year's weekend.
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