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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons

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April 15, 2026 216 views
Original source: NASA

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally named this crater “Antofagasta,” after a...