NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Took Some Amazing Pictures Of The Martian Surface

It is e'er fascinating to see other planets, their structure and understand how they were formed. Scientists at NASA have been studying Mars for some time now through the Curiosity Rover and they were exploring the lower portion of Mount Sharp on the Martian surface. The Rover finally sent back some really cool color images that are heady just to expect at. Apart from being visually stunning, the images give us an unmatched view of the rocky terrain on the Red Planet. The scientists are pretty thrilled at the photos considering Mars looks pretty familiar (come across pictures below).

"Curiosity'south science team has been thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars," says Curiosity projection scientist, Ashwin Vasavada.

The photos taken past the Curiosity Rover are just stunning!

The images of the surface were taken on 8^th September on the lower levels of Mount Sharp in the Murray Buttes region. The mountain was beginning discovered back in the 1970s and looks like a giant pile of eroded sedimentary layers that rise upwards to 18000ft above the valley floor. There'due south no indication where the layers came from but scientists estimate that they took around 2 billion years to form.

The Marvel Rover Twitter account showing the pictures of the Martian surface

The Murray Buttes region is an area filled with formations that are chosen buttes and mesas, which are pocket-sized, rocky plateaus ascent upward from the slop of the mountain. They are formed over millions of years due to erosion and general weathering. Buttes are usually alpine, steep sided and apartment topped and they appear to class larger mesas. They are found on both Earth and Mars and the main difference between mesas and buttes is their size.

"Nearly geographers say a butte is taller than information technology is broad, while a mesa is a much larger, slightly less elevated characteristic," National Geographic reports.

The weathered remains of ancient Martian sandstone is idea to be the reason behind the buttes and mesas that are rising above the surface in the Murray Buttes region.

"Studying these buttes upwards close has given us a amend understanding of ancient sand dunes that formed and were buried, chemically changed by groundwater, exhumed and eroded to form the landscape that nosotros come across today," says Vasavada.

The Curiosity Rover has been travelling around the Murray Buttes region of Mount Sharp for the past i calendar month. It is now ready to move up the explore things higher up in the mountain. NASA wishes to collect and assemble large color mosaics from all the images that are taken and that will be taken in the future. Till and so only enjoy these stunning and cute photos of the Martian surface.

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