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Home Plate Is..., LPSC update - Science magazine
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post Mar 31 2006, 05:41 PM
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...a mini-volcano!

http://tinyurl.com/z4qx4

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/311/5769/1858b

"Mars rover scientists have concluded that the cryptic "Home Plate" that the Spirit rover spent 3 months reaching is the remains of a little ash-spewing volcano"

Magazine subscription or article purchase necessary to read full article, but there should be other updates soon?
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post Apr 1 2006, 07:01 PM
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This would certainly lend support to the thought that Pitcher's Mound looks like a volcanic cone, too.


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- paulanderson   Home Plate Is...   Mar 31 2006, 05:41 PM
- - Shaka   QUOTE (paulanderson @ Mar 31 2006, 07:41 ...   Mar 31 2006, 06:42 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Shaka @ Mar 31 2006, 06:42 PM) Wel...   Mar 31 2006, 07:19 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   My first guess. http://www.unmannedspaceflight.co...   Apr 1 2006, 02:25 AM
- - CosmicRocker   I'm not sure this little blurb really tells us...   Apr 1 2006, 07:27 AM
|- - RGClark   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 1 2006, 07:27 A...   Apr 1 2006, 04:03 PM
- - Bill Harris   "Ring of Fire" is doubly misleading in t...   Apr 1 2006, 09:58 AM
- - ilbasso   This would certainly lend support to the thought t...   Apr 1 2006, 07:01 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Apr 1 2006, 08:01 PM) Th...   Apr 1 2006, 07:08 PM
|- - paulanderson   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 1 2006, 11:08 AM) E...   Apr 1 2006, 08:58 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (paulanderson @ Apr 1 2006, 09:58 P...   Apr 1 2006, 09:15 PM
- - Bill Harris   I'll side with Bob on this: PM ain't a cin...   Apr 1 2006, 10:25 PM
- - ljk4-1   MARSDAILY - Home Plate Hints At Explosive Past h...   Apr 13 2006, 01:59 PM

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