Mar 9, 2025, 09:07 PM IST

6 rare images of Mars shared by NASA

Pravrajya Suruchi

The image shows a field of volcanic rock, similar to Earth's scoria, discovered by the Spirit Rover, featuring a rough texture and vesicle-filled surface.

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity captured an image of cross-bedded sandstone on Mars' Mount Sharp, resembling wind-swept sand outcrops found in the U.S. Southwest and Utah.

In 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used a spectrophotometer to discover "Heat Shield Rock," the first meteorite found on another planet.

In 2012, NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity took a photograph of an outcrop in the Gale Crater, with colors balanced to resemble those on Earth.

In 2012, NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity photographed an outcrop with sedimentary structures resembling Earth's cross-bedded sandstones. The cross bedding, with large-scale layers sloping to the left, indicates shifts in wind or water flow direction over time.

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity captured a 2015 photograph of the Kimberley Formation in Gale Crater, revealing thick, finely laminated mudstone deposits from a standing water body.

Source: NASA

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