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NASA's Curiosity Finds Climate Clues on a Martian Mountain

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Curiosity rover stands in clay colored dirt beneath a pale orange sky. Text reads, "Curiosity. Climate Clues on a Martian Mountain." NASA icon at bottom is labeled, "Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology."

After spending the better part of a year exploring Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has moved to a new part of Mount Sharp. Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a tour of the rover's new home in the "clay unit," as well as other areas scientists are excited to visit.

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