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Two-tone Mars image reveals ancient water-carved boxwork on Gale Crater

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Source: Digital Trends
Two-tone Mars image reveals ancient water-carved boxwork on Gale Crater
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NASA’s Curiosity rover merged a blue morning image with a yellow afternoon image to create a color composite of Gale Crater, highlighting boxwork rock formations likely formed by ancient water activity and showing Curiosity’s wheel tracks near Valle de la Luna as the mission continues beyond its original two-year plan.

Topics:sciencespace#boxwork-formations#curiosity#gale-crater#mars#nasa#space
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