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Credit: NASA/Goddard/MAVEN/CU Boulder/SVS
Universal Production Music: “A Lucid Dream” and “Shimmer Oscillations” by James Joshua Otto
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
Complete transcript available.
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