Planum

Even taking potty breaks, it was gettin' rank inside the 'burban by the time we got ta Syria Planum.

Little Green Rednecks Hugh Barlow 2011

The slickers from Ophir Planum kept givin' me an' Earl dirty looks as we drove through town.

Little Green Rednecks Hugh Barlow 2011

They must have assumed that the surface that the rover was observing was horizontal, like so many surfaces in Meridiani Planum.

Sloppy Science on Mars - NASA Watch 2007

They must have assumed that the surface that the rover was observing was horizontal, like so many surfaces in Meridiani Planum.

NASA Watch: June 2007 Archives 2007

Mars Exploration Rover mission, he helped scientists interpret the geological history of Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum and prove the past existence of liquid water on the surface, and produced a polar map used to help guide the selection of a landing site for the next mission; undergraduate representative to the Washington University board of trustees; Science

College Academic All-Stars already changing the world 2007

The Mars rover named Opportunity reached a long-anticipated destination today: the rim of "Victoria Crater," on the Meridiani Planum region of the red planet, on the rover's 951st Martian day, or sol (Sept. 26, 2006).

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Significant findings from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now exploring Meridiani Planum on Mars, will be announced at a press briefing at 2 p.m.

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[A] rock outcrop at the site, a shallow impact crater in Meridiani Planum, was once drenched '' in water, Ed Weiler, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deputy associate administrator for space science, said at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

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Opportunity discovered the vein on the rim of Endeavour Crater, a 14-mile 23 km diameter formation on the planet's Meridiani Planum.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

GRANT: Opportunity has been on a long trek across the Meridiani Planum plains.

NPR Topics: News 2011