"We have found a habitable environment which is so benign and supportive of life that if you had been on the planet, the water would have been pure enough to drink, " said planetary scientist John Grotzinger, at the California Institute of Technology, who is the mission's project scientist.

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Maybe it was a great hank of river weed turning below in the cold current, maybe it was just the way gravity works in water, but it felt like something that matched me exactly, the same shape and weight and volume, and it always seemed as if that something came to life the moment I stepped into the water.

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"We'll possibly never know if these particular ones do have water oceans or signs of life, " she said.

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"Splash-proof Xperia Tablet S is designed for real-life use around the home and outdoors, so there's no need to worry about casual water spillages if you're checking a recipe in the kitchen with wet hands, " it said in its marketing materials.

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