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Planets of the Solar System - Mars Mystery Cache

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SueDan83: After a big day finding some of those fantastic AAM caches, we removed this mediocre cache.

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Hidden : 2/15/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

Mars is often referred to as the “red planet” due to the iron oxide prevalent on its surface which gives it a reddish appearance. Mars has a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide.

 

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.

 

The coordinates for GZ can be calculated using the text below:

 

NKNEOVSAETRRUKUTBVXHTATMGHYAHOTRKJLSHNVSCIEUWQRNZPYETUHAFYERCHFTKH NHOFCVAUWEPQRNZLIUDBESXGKSRLRATMDTEBSUREXRUTSNNPINOGTETHBPWEKTLPC UMDGNOPFESEFMRCSEZKHRGYPCOILUMHTRVHIYCFYJESZUXJKPLPOIQWETRGVEBNYRG FDSKJHULINNTVEMBVCAXZLROPGSGMHVKLFERSCNTYHUZHJSYUBVFGIEOKGNTREUXGQ SLWPENDOARBSRYJTTOLMHDBCEHGOATKDRMNVTTLTHEY

 

A pen and paper exercise. No need for the use of multisolvers or the Geocaching Toolbox.

Not all letters are required for the solution. In fact only about 24.8% of the letters are needed.

 

 

Congratulations to the Booos for FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: Jnvfg urvtug.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)