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Mars "Blueberries"

"Blueberries," or iron-rich concretions, dot the Martian surface north of Victoria Crater. The Mars rover Opportunity found the spherules here and at its Eagle Crater landing site. Scientists theorize that a layer beneath the surface in these areas was once soaked with water long enough to form the spherules.

Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/U.S. Geological Survey