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Image: 260184-JezeroCrater-Delta-Full

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Description: A color-enhanced image of the delta in Jezero Crater, which once held a lake. It will be the landing site of NASA's Mars 2020 rover. Researchers led by CRISM team member and Brown graduate student Bethany Ehlmann report that ancient rivers ferried clay-like minerals (shown in green) into the lake, forming the delta. Clays tend to trap and preserve organic matter, making the delta a good place to look for signs of ancient life. The image combines information from two instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and the Context Camera (CTX).
Title: 260184-JezeroCrater-Delta-Full
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/jezero-20080716.html (image link); see also https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23239
Author: NASA/JPL/JHU-APL/MSSS/Brown University
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