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March 14, 2011

Sand dunes on Mars

by wordlesstech team

Sand dunes

Nasa’s probe sent back photographs from Mars of what appear to be trees on the planet’s surface. But it is an optical illusion – they are sand dunes coated with a thin layer of frozen CO2. The “trees” are trails of debris caused by landslides as ice melts. Picture: NASA

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