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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 Science
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3 recorded states

Signal first indexedP2 · 99% quality · 2 sources

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

Corroboration 2→1 sourcesP2 · 99% quality · 1 source

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