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Old 05-16-2011, 10:22 AM   #931
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Mars Apprentice - where should the next rover land?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_862236.html

Here's a look at the final cut:

_ Gale crater located near the Martian equator possesses a 3-mile-high mound of layered mineral deposits.

_ Mawrth Vallis is an ancient flood channel in the Martian northern highlands that is rich in clay minerals.

_ Eberswalde crater in the southern hemisphere contains remnant of a river delta.

_ Holden crater, close to Eberswalde, is the site of water-carved gullies and sediment deposits.

The shortlist was culled from nearly 60 hopefuls in a selection process that began in 2006.
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