It has also scanned the surface of the planet using Mola (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter), which beams an infrared laser pulse towards the surface of the Red Planet 10 times a second.

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By unleashing a massive pulse of electromagnetic radiation sweeping over the planet, a severe solar storm could potentially knock out the electric power grid, silence radio and satellite communications and disrupt GPS navigation systems.

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These new songs ride on what "Tumbling Dice" and all the other classics did, an eternal kind of pulse, a group cohesion and swing that no other rockers on the planet can touch.

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