• Cross-Bedding on Mars
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    Opportunity discovered that light-colored rocks on Mars have wavy layers that cut across each other in sets, a feature geologists call cross-bedding. This close-up view shows a rippled rock structure known as cross-bedding (marked with black and blue lines).
    Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity,
    Microscopic Imager NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS image

  • Cross-Bedding on Mars

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