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Bronze_Moose
Since: Jan, 2015

I'm trying to remember a book (I think it's a full novel, but it might be a short story) where an expedition to Mars discovers ancient ruins, but no bodies/graves, at least until one of the members of the expedition falls over and sees slight mounds indicating the graves of the Martians. I recall one of the side stories being that a meteorite hits the surface some distance from the main camp, and biologists are excited to discover microbial life deep inside the crater, and decide to put a dome over the crater as an experiment.
Anybody know what I'm talking about?