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    Mars: Meteorite Presentation

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    • Title Mars: Meteorite Presentation
    • Released: 06/08/1996
    • Language Natural Sound
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      Following a two-year investigation into meteorite material originating from the planet Mars, NASA scientists were able to produce results alluding to the possibility that primitive life may have existed on the Red Planet more than 3.6 billion years ago. This was based on them finding organic molecules and minerals characteristic of biological activity, along with suspected microscopic fossils.
      This video index contains related material as follows:
      -animation sequences showing the surface of Mars being struck by meteorites, water and primitive life on the planet's surface which becomes fossilised, rock reaches Earth as meteorite, scientists analyse rock
      -animation sequence is repeated
      -scenes of meteorite in processing lab
      -NASA scientists study slides of meteorite ALH84001 using high-resolution scanning electron microscope
      -images of possible microscopic fossils
      -carbonate mineral globules found in ALH84001

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    • Length 13:41:00
    • Format BETACAM
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