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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
JPL-Caltech;
Additional Mosaic Processing:
Kenneth Kremer & Marco Di Lorenzo
Explanation:
What has the Curiosity rover come across on Mars?
Dubbed Mount Remarkable, the
rolling robot has chanced
upon this notable 5-meter tall mound during its continuing journey around and, eventually,
up 5.5-kilometer high Mt. Sharp.
Unsure of the density of the surrounding layered
sandstone,
the human team on Earth has instructed the car-sized rover on Mars to
drill into
a rock on the side of
Mt.
Remarkable to investigate.
Quite possibly, water involved in creating the dense
sandstone
could have helped to
support ancient
life
on the red planet.
Mt. Sharp,
the unusual central peak of
Gale Crater, has a similar base-to-peak height as Earth's
Mt. Everest.
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