File:5316 pia17062 Hottah WB-full2conglomerate.jpg
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NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named "Hottah" after Hottah Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. It may look like a broken sidewalk, but this geological feature on Mars is actually exposed bedrock made up of smaller fragments cemented together, or what geologists call a sedimentary conglomerate. Scientists theorize that the bedrock was disrupted in the past, giving it the tilted angle, most likely via impacts from meteorites.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/5316/remnants-of-ancient-streambed-on-mars-white-balanced-view/
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