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Knobbly Textured Sandstone on Mount Sharp, Mars
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Knobbly Textured Sandstone on Mount Sharp, Mars

NASA / JPL · 2016-03-11 · photograph (digital archive)

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Patches of Martian sandstone visible in this view from NASA Curiosity Mars rover have a knobbly texture due to nodules apparently more resistant to erosion than the host rock in which some are still embedded.

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MarsMars Science Laboratory MSL
Credit lineKnobbly Textured Sandstone on Mount Sharp, Mars. NASA/JPL, 2016-03-11. Public domain. ID: PIA20322.
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