New ‘Rainbow Map’ Shows Mineralogical Make-up Of Mars - Forbes

A new map covers the vast majority of Mars, revealing dozens of minerals found on its surface.

Seen are six views of the Nili Fossae region of Mars captured by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging ... [+] Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, one of the instruments aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Or… [+3156 chars]

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