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(This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a hillside outcrop with layered rocks within the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp. The buttes and mesas rising above the surface in this area are eroded remnants...) |
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Summary
This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a hillside outcrop with layered rocks within the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp.
The buttes and mesas rising above the surface in this area are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed.
Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/8023/farewell-to-murray-buttes-image-5/
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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