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Vista from Curiosity Shows Crossbedded Martian Sandstone
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Large-scale crossbedding in the sandstone of this ridge on a lower slope of Mars' Mount Sharp is common in petrified sand dunes. The scene combines multiple images taken with both cameras of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on Curiosity on Aug. 27, 2015, during the 1,087th Martian day, or sol of the rover's work on Mars. It spans from east, at left, to south-southwest. Figure 1 includes a scale bar of 200 centimeters (about 6.6 feet). Sets of bedding laminations lie at angles to each other.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineVista from Curiosity Shows Crossbedded Martian Sandstone. NASA/JPL, 2015-09-11. Public domain. ID: PIA19818.
