The Strange Attraction of Gale Crater

Source - NASA Science News for Sept. 29, 2011:

NASA's newest rover "Curiosity" is getting ready to leave Earth. Its destination: Gale Crater on Mars. Today's story from Science@NASA explains the attraction of this Martian crater with a strangely-sculpted mountain the middle.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/29sep_galecrater/

Here is the video version of this story:

Source - ScienceAtNASA on Sep 29, 2011. This video can also be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA

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