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Back in 1975, American jeweller Harry Winston purchased a 12.14-carat round brilliant pink diamond.
The same year, the US sent two pairs of orbiters and landers toward Mars. Viking 1 and Viking 2 both arrived at the Red Planet in 1976, and sent their lander to the surface.
The Viking programme was the first meaningful exploration of Mars. And it so inspired Mr Winston that he named the diamond The Martian Pink in honour of the Nasa mission, selling it later that year.
The last time the Martian Pink resurfaced for sale – in 2012 – it sold for $17m.
Fast forward to 2021, and Nasa has landed again on Mars – with the fittingly named Curiosity and Perseverance rovers beaming back the most high resolution images we’ve ever seen of the planet.
investigate the massacre. after 15 months by some reports, 12,000 dead, that kind of promise from a brutal dictator doesn t cut much ice. after friday s atrocity doubly so. with body after body in the ground, nightmare stories are emerging from hula with the massacre happened. we spoke with an 11-year-old survivor. this little boy said they will kill him. they being the same militia men who he says killed the rest of his family. quote, they were talking to my mom, he says. i m not sure what happened, but they shot her five times. they shot her in the head. then the turned and shot my sister rasha in the head. then he shot my brother nader in the neck and back. he s talk about the arabic for ghosts. armed men to the regime who carried out the massacre. a warning, we re going to show you some of the resulting carnage. the video has been partially blurred but the obscenity is clear enough. they went in after syrian forces pounded hula with heavy artillery. those are all small bo