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image captionThe four ospreys - known to conservationists as Louis, Aila, Mallie and Rannoch - on their nest site in Lochaber
The names of four birds of prey from a Highlands nest site are among those sent to Mars on Nasa s rover Perseverance, it has emerged.
Nasa sought names to be stencilled in microscopic lettering onto three fingernail-sized silicon chips fitted to a plaque on the robot.
Louis, Aila, Mallie and Rannoch - four ospreys from Loch Arkaig Pine Forest - are among the 10.5 million names.
The names have been given to the four ospreys by conservationists and birdwatchers.
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