Jezero Crater Experienced Multiple Episodes of Fluid Activity, New Study Confirms

Sep 23, 2025 - 17:00
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Jezero Crater Experienced Multiple Episodes of Fluid Activity, New Study Confirms
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water. Here in Jezero Crater delta, sediments contain clays and carbonates. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / JHU-APL.

Minerals are the building blocks of rocks, and the types of minerals and their chemistry provide critical information about rock formation and history.

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