Martian surface. Infrared image of the Nili Fossae region of northern Mars. Capping rock is purple, rock containing olivine are yellow, carbonate is g

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Martian surface. Infrared image of the Nili Fossae region of northern Mars. Capping rock is purple, rock containing olivine are yellow, carbonate is green and iron-magnesium smectite clays are light blue. The area seen here is roughly 3 kilometres across. Image taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Keywords: astronomical, astronomy, carbonate, compact, crism, eroded, erosion, fossae, geological, geology, imaging, infrared, mars, mineral, minerals, mro, nili, olivine, orbiter, planet, planetary, reconnaissance, rock, satellite, science, solar, space, spectrometer, surface, system