Space Exploration

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs

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October 7, 2026 • 72 views
Original source: NASA

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of sunrise illuminating distant, wind-carved features called yardangs on Aug. 11, 2026, the 4,982nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists are eager to learn more about how the yardang layer formed. Figure A is a crop zooming in...