PIA23551-MarsRover-OldEarthFossilsStudied-20190819.jpg


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English: PIA23551: Researching Outback Stromatolites

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23551

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7541

Scientists from NASA's Mars 2020 and ESA's ExoMars projects study stromatolites, the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth, in the Pilbara region of North West Australia. The image was taken on Aug. 19, 2019.

JPL is building and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover for the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ .
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Source https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA23551.jpg
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Mars Rover 2020 and ExoMars - Scientists Study Oldest Fossilized Lifeforms On Earth - August 19, 2019

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