Mars Curiosity Rover Snaps Signs of Ancient Water on Mount Sharp



This image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover looks to the west of the Kimberley waypoint on the rover’s route to the base of Mount Sharp. The mountain lies to the left of the scene. The image shows sets of sandstone beds all inclined to the south (left) indicating progressive build-out of sediment toward Mount Sharp. These inclined beds are overlain in the background by horizontally bedded fine-grained sandstones that likely represent river deposits.

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Credit: NASA, JPL

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