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This week in pictures: August 11-17, 2012

In the past seven days, Curiosity sent color images from Gale Crater, STEREO observed one of the fastest coronal mass ejections, and the LRO spectrometer detected helium in Moon’s atmosphere, and more.
Published: August 17, 2012
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Curiosity sends high-resolution color images from Gale Crater
The images show a landscape closely resembling portions of the southwestern United States. Learn more »
 
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