The low gray sky was tangling with the treetops as murky blotches of fog rested in the yards.

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According to Nilton Renno, one of the mission's chief scientists, the blotches on the leg are probably drops of brine.

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Around the fourth day of the illness, a rash - flat red or brown blotches - may appear, usually starting on the forehead and spreading downwards.

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Since every pregnancy brings physical changes -- your breasts swell, your joints ache, your skin may develop blotches or stretch marks -- the symptoms of cancer can easily be overlooked.

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S. Those blotches on the LCD screen?

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