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Aerial photo revealed several boulders, but the largest was hidden from view.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Since its landing in February of 2021, Perseverance has traveled more than 22 miles (36 kilometers) across the Martian surface, analyzed 37 rocks and boulders, and collected 26 rock cores.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Then a 20-foot wall of trees, boulders and mud rockets straight at them.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Those bodies of liquid carve out shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Since its landing in February of 2021, Perseverance has traveled more than 22 miles (36 kilometers) across the Martian surface, analyzed 37 rocks and boulders, and collected 26 rock cores.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 29 May 2025
Then a 20-foot wall of trees, boulders and mud rockets straight at them.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
Those bodies of liquid carve out shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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“Boulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulder. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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boulder
noun
boul·der
ˈbōl-dər 
: a large detached and rounded or worn mass of rock
Geographical Definition
Boulder
geographical name
Boul·der
ˈbōl-dər
city northwest of Denver in north central Colorado population 97,385
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