Follow Spirit*s Mars progress: ready to "taste" a rock named "Chocolate Hills"
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Rover on Mars, the robotic geologist, is poised and ready to "taste" a rock named "Chocolate Hills." This rock has a thick, dark-colored coating that is interesting to scientists because many of the rocks in the surrounding area have the same mysterious dark stuff. The coating could be remnants of a layer that was changed by the action of water and weather or, it could be a layer of rock that melted when a meteor impacted Mars, ejecting this rock and others and creating the crater "Concepcion". ..... http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id...:follow-spirits-mars-progress-ready-to-qtasteq-a-rock-named-qchocolate-hillsq&catid=30:the-community&Itemid=51
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