Inside Mars 160: The Mars Society's Red Planet Simulation in Pictures

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Drawing Cross-Bedding

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Mars 160 Crewmember Yusuke Murakami

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Sitting under his own sign, architect Yusuke Murakami.

Mars 160 Crewmember Annalea Beattie

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Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie.

Drawing Ripples in Dry Creekbed

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Drawing of ripples in a modern dry creek bed, given to geologist Jon Clarke to annotate as blind data.

Drawing Quartz Distribution

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Drawing quartz distribution in the quadrat.

Drawing Hypolith Colonization

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Using the magnifier to draw the degree of hypolith colonization on the underside of quartz pebbles.

Drawing Lichens in the Field

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Drawing lichen distribution with the magnifying glass (as opposed to the hand lens).

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