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Atoco Point: NASA's rover stumbles upon rare boulder unseen before on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a distinctive light-colored boulder in Neretva Vallis on Mars, a region that was once an ancient river channel feeding into the Jezero crater. This boulder stands out among the surrounding dark rocks and has been identified as potentially being an anorthosite, a rock type not previously found on Mars. While traversing the inlet, the rover encountered a hill covered in boulders, with one particular rock attracting attention.