Grotzinger knew from satellite images that there was a layer of crystalline red hematite near the bottom, then a layer of clay about a hundred and sixty feet above it, then a layer of sulfates above that.

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All officially recognized courts have a court pace rating (CPR), which rates the "speed" of the court -- and clay courts are at the bottom.

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