Friday, February 13, 2015

APOD 3.4

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Have you heard about NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover? Well, for starters, Curiosity was the robotic machine that took this picture. And yes you guessed it, the picture is located in Mars (hence Curiosity Mars Rover) If you were wondering how come these Martian rocks are layered then you would be intrigued to know that it was because of the evaporation and refilling of an ancient Martian Lake. The cross-bending was likely caused by waves sand located in the Pahrump Hills. Curiosity is currently digging a hole and taking samples of the Mount Sharp, which is 5.5 km high.

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