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Martian salt adds to case for ancient water
Los Angeles, California - NASA's Spirit rover has found concentrated salt below the surface of Mars, offering more evidence of past water activity, mission scientists said Tuesday.
The six-wheeled robot found the salt while analyzing the composition of a trench it had dug in a large crater. Scientists believe the salt may have been deposited after water drained through the soil, dissolving materials in rocks.