Curiosity Maps a Martian Honeycomb: A Vast Field of Polygonal Patterns on Mars
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NASA’s Curiosity rover stitched 340 images into a 360-degree panorama of Valle Grande on Mount Sharp’s foothills, revealing a vast sea of honeycomb-like polygonal fractures across the Martian plain—evidence of ancient water activity and a clue to Mars’s past habitability.
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