10/7/2026
Dark Matter · history-instruments

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

Filed by Dr. Kai Vega
NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs
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 on the distant yardangs. Since 2014, Curiosity […]
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