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This screen grab shows a sample - not actual data - of the kinds of Mars weather reports we will be getting from NASA's Curiosity rover

August 21, 2012

This screen grab shows a sample - not actual data - of the kinds of Mars weather reports we will be getting from NASA's Curiosity rover. It is taken from the website http://cab.inta-csic.es/rems/marsweather.html, which will use data from Curiosity's Rover Environmental Monitoring Station.

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