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    Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape

    June 24, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Curiosity’s Mastcam Views Flaky, Streambed Rocks
    NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of layered, flaky rocks believed to have formed in an ancient streambed or small pond. The six images that make up this mosaic were captured using Curiosity’s Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 2, 2022, the 3,492nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    For the past year, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been traveling through a transition zone from a clay-rich region to one filled with a salty mineral called sulfate. While the science team targeted the clay-rich region and the sulfate-laden one for evidence each can offer about Mars’ watery past, the transition zone is proving to be scientifically fascinating as well...

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