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Look: 9 stunning images from Mars missions in 2022

Exploring the Red Planet, one dust storm at a time.

by Jennifer Walter
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Insight's circular solar panel covered in dust
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Credits: NASA, ESA, and STScI

With eyes on the Red Planet from nearly every angle, we’re learning more about Mars than at any time in history.

Orbiters, rovers, and other spacecraft documented countless Mars oddities this year.

Some were tiny and dug up from the dust, while others were miles-long geological formations observed from above.

NASA/JPL-Caltech
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