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NASA: Mars mystery light explained – “glint from a balloon surface reflecting Venus swamp gas”
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One possibility is that the light
is the glint from a rock surface reflecting the sun,
"
NASA imaging scientist Justin Maki said to the Houston Chronicle.
"When these images were taken each day, the sun was in the same direction as the bright spot, west-northwest from the rover, and relatively low in the sky."
In a statement made to Space.com, Maki added another possibility, that the light could be caused by the way sunlight managed to hit Curiosity’s camera.
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