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Gypsum Vein = water

Y'all might have seen the story a few weeks back, but I don't recall it showing up on the Zone. Recently, that intrepid rover Opportunity studied a neat little outcrop:

http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20111207a/PIA15033_Pancam_sol2769_L456atc_br.jpg


Tests reveal that it is gypsum (which requires water to occur) and that the rocks are insitu. That's where the gypsum formed - deposited by ground water in a fracture!

Could be Oppy's biggest discovery to date.

Here's the link: NASA Press Release

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