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Purple swirls on the Red Planet

This image shows a prominent ice cliff near Mars’s south pole. With striking swirls of purple, pink and red, it’s a far cry from the colour palette we usually associate with the Red Planet.

Reported by ESA Space News
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INCIDENT FUSION

3 reports · 3 sources

ESA Space NewsPurple swirls on the Red PlanetESA Space SciencePurple swirls on the Red PlanetESA Space SciencePurple swirls on the Red Planet
INCIDENT EVOLUTION

5 recorded states

Signal first indexedP2 · 88% quality · 1 source

Corroboration 1→2 sources · quality 88→92P2 · 92% quality · 2 sources

Quality 92→96P2 · 96% quality · 2 sources

Quality 96→99P2 · 99% quality · 2 sources

Corroboration 2→3 sourcesP2 · 99% quality · 3 sources

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