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Episode "Five Years on Mars"

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  • COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.
  • Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface. Behind Mars, the the Milky Way is visible.
  • COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.
  • The Gusev Crater on Mars, seen from orbit. Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface.
  • The Gusev Crater on Mars, seen from orbit. Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface.
  • COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.
  • ENDURANCE CRATER, MARS: As the rover Opportunity inspected rocks deeper in the wall of Endurance Crater, it found the rocks had been soaked in water for a long period of time suggesting water may have lasted on Mars for millions of years.
  • MARS: Rover Spirit with dusty solar panels on the north face of Husband Hill.
  • ENDURANCE CRATER, MARS: As the rover Opportunity inspected rocks deeper in the wall of Endurance Crater, it found the rocks had been soaked in water for a long period of time suggesting water may have lasted on Mars for millions of years.

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    COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.

  • Five Years On Mars 7

    Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface. Behind Mars, the the Milky Way is visible.

  • Five Years On Mars 5

    COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.

  • Five Years On Mars 9

    The Gusev Crater on Mars, seen from orbit. Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface.

  • Five Years On Mars 2

    The Gusev Crater on Mars, seen from orbit. Mars has been a frigid desert for billions of years, but satellite images suggest that liquid water once flowed across the surface.

  • Five Years On Mars 6

    COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: After traveling a mile and a half in eight weeks through a desert of broken lava, the rover Spirit explores the Columbia Hills.

  • Five Years On Mars 3

    ENDURANCE CRATER, MARS: As the rover Opportunity inspected rocks deeper in the wall of Endurance Crater, it found the rocks had been soaked in water for a long period of time suggesting water may have lasted on Mars for millions of years.

  • Five Years On Mars 10

    MARS: Rover Spirit with dusty solar panels on the north face of Husband Hill.

  • Five Years On Mars 8

    ENDURANCE CRATER, MARS: As the rover Opportunity inspected rocks deeper in the wall of Endurance Crater, it found the rocks had been soaked in water for a long period of time suggesting water may have lasted on Mars for millions of years.