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This is relevant to the search for native life on Mars. It is also relevant to planetary protection, the need to protect Mars from Earth life if we wish to study native life in the habitats in its original state.
==Locations of landers and rovers on Mars==▼
{{Features and artificial objects on Mars}}▼
==Lichens surviving in Mars surface conditions==
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The experimenters concluded that these black fungi can survive in a Mars environment.<ref name="ZakharovaMarzban2014">{{cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140529/srep05114/full/srep05114.html|last1=Zakharova|first1=Kristina|last2=Marzban|first2=Gorji|last3=de Vera|first3=Jean-Pierre|last4=Lorek|first4=Andreas|last5=Sterflinger|first5=Katja|title=Protein patterns of black fungi under simulated Mars-like conditions|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=4|pages=5114|year=2014|issn=2045-2322|doi=10.1038/srep05114|pmid=24870977|pmc=4037706|quote="The results achieved from our study led to the conclusion that black microcolonial fungi can survive in Mars environment."|bibcode=2014NatSR...4E5114Z}}</ref>
▲==Locations of landers and rovers on Mars==
Note the higher latitude of [[Viking 2]] which observed the seasonal frosts. Mists in Valles Marineres suggest high humidity there<ref name=Martínez2017/>. Curiosity observed humidites of up to 70% in winter.
▲{{Features and artificial objects on Mars}}
==Effects of micropores in gypsum and salt pillars in the Atacama desert==
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