active Russian neutron detector DAN, posted on Board the Curiosity Rover found on the road connecting the district with the unusual composition of the surface in Gale crater. Based on the data processing device DAN found that over the 10-kilometer route the water content in the upper and lower layers of the soil varied in the range 2-5% by mass, and the boundary between the layers is at a depth of about 20-30 cm

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active Russian neutron detector DAN, posted on Board the Curiosity Rover found on the road connecting the district with the unusual composition of the surface in Gale crater. Based on the data processing device DAN found that over the 10-kilometer route the water content in the upper and lower layers of the soil varied in the range 2-5% by mass, and the boundary between the layers is at a depth of about 20-30 cm

In one of the Martian days, the participants of the experiment DAN discovered that the Rover crossed the unusual region with a significant increase in thermal neutron flux from below the surface, is reported on the website of Roscosmos in Facebook. According to researchers, in the soil of the area may be a significant amount of water (about 10% by weight). It is also possible that the soil has a very unusual chemical composition.

For more data management group Curiosity returned to the area with anomalous properties. Nature is detected by the detector unusual Martian "oasis" is still unexplained.