Fossae

Planetary geologist John Mustard of Brown University was disappointed when the site he was rooting for, the Nili Fossae region, a series of deep fractures in the Martian crust, was rejected because it was deemed too dangerous to land.

Mars landing sites narrowed down to final 4 2011

I've recently been interested in a place called Nili Fossae -- a region where we find carbonate minerals in the rocks.

SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Adrian Brown -- The Time for Mars is Now SETI Institute 2010

Scientists will have to narrow the landing site options to either the four more northern locations — Nili Fossae Trough, Marwth Vallis, and Runcorn and Jezero craters — or the two southern ones — Holden and Terby craters — next year.

Rover May Deliver Bits of Mars to Earth | Impact Lab 2007

Tectonics, volcanism, craters - Claritas Fossae, from Mars Express

Archive 2005-04-01 Dr. Lisa 2005

Tectonics, volcanism, craters - Claritas Fossae, from Mars Express

Clarity Dr. Lisa 2005

A region of Mars' Northern Hemisphere known as Nili Fossae has been described - from orbital images, at least - as a "dead ringer" for Australia's Pilbara.

BBC News - Home 2011

For a while, Nili Fossae was a candidate landing site for the US space agency's Curiosity-Mars Science Laboratory rover, due to launch in November.

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Planetary geologist John Mustard of Brown University was disappointed when the site he was rooting for, the Nili Fossae region, a series of deep fractures in the Martian crust, was rejected because it was deemed too dangerous to land.

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Nili Fossae region, a series of deep fractures in the Martian crust, was rejected because it was deemed too dangerous to land.

USATODAY.com News 2011

Nili Fossae on Mars looks from orbit like a "dead ringer" for Australia's Pilbara

BBC News - Home 2011