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PIA26210: Curiosity Takes a Last Look at Sulfur Stones
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this last look at a field of bright white sulfur stones on Oct. 11, 2024, before leaving Gediz Vallis channel.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  Mastcam 
 Product Size:  5818 x 2555 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA26210.tif (31.85 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA26210.jpg (2.504 MB)  

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this last look at a field of bright white sulfur stones before leaving Gediz Vallis channel. The field was where the rover made the first discovery of pure sulfur on Mars by driving over a rock and cracking it open to reveal the yellow crystals inside. Scientists are still unsure exactly why these pure sulfur rocks formed here.

This panorama is made up of eight images captured on Oct. 11, 2024, the 4,331st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The color has been adjusted to match lighting conditions as the human eye would see them on Earth.

Curiosity was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

For more about Curiosity, visit: science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2024-11-18