Environmental

NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water

Homestake on Mars courtesy NASA

This color view of a mineral vein called "Homestake" comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The vein is about the width of a thumb and about 18 inches (45 centimeters) long. Opportunity examined it in November 2011 and found it to be rich in calcium and sulfur, possibly the calcium-sulfate mineral gypsum.

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Homestake is near the edge of the "Cape York" segment of the western rim of Endeavour Crater.

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