Hey, Mars looks like the Valley of 100 years ago

By Kevin Roderick | August 9, 2012 12:12 AM

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NASA has fired up the good camera to take a quick look around the crater where the Curiosity rover landed. Not that the first pictures from the lesser camera were too shabby.


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