Dry streambed on Earth
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For comparison's sake, check out this image of a dry streambed on an alluvial fan in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The Rover Curiosity has seen a couple of rock outcrops on Mars close to its Bradbury Landing site that also record a mixture of sand and pebbles. Scientists believe the pebbles got transported by water and were most likely deposited along an ancient streambed.

September 27, 2012 2:42 PM PDT

Photo by: UC Berkeley

| Caption by: Charles Cooper

 

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