A Rare Image of Mars at Dawn Reveals the Beauty of Its Ancient Cliffs
NASA just released a striking new image of the Martian landscape taken during the quiet, early morning hours of dawn. Using the rover’s Mastcam, scientists were able to get the most detailed view yet of steep, rugged crags, known as yardangs, scattered across the horizon. This layer of rock formation is unlike any other seen by Curiosity so far, and scientists aren’t quite sure how it came to be.
- ▪NASA just released a striking new image of the Martian landscape taken during the quiet, early morning hours of dawn.
- ▪Using the rover’s Mastcam, scientists were able to get the most detailed view yet of steep, rugged crags, known as yardangs, scattered across the horizon.
- ▪This layer of rock formation is unlike any other seen by Curiosity so far, and scientists aren’t quite sure how it came to be.
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NASA just released a striking new image of the Martian landscape taken during the quiet, early morning hours of dawn. The image reveals the captivating shapes of wind-carved cliffs as they are gently illuminated by the Sun’s first light.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000823223","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"science","SECTION":"space","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"space","TAGS":"curiosity-rover,mars,nasa","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); NASA’s Curiosity rover captured the scene on August 11 at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time, about an hour after sunrise.
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