Mars Curiosity rover broke a rock open while exploring a flood region on the Red Planet. It found sulfur crystals inside the rock.
The Mars Curiosity rover rolled over this rock containing pure sulfur crystals in May. Planetary scientists are still trying to figure out how the sulfur got there. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
After Curiosity’s encounter with the broken rock and its pure sulfur innards, the rover trundled over to another rock, called “Mammoth Lakes” for a little drilling session. Before it left to explore other rocks, the rover managed to cut into that rock and take samples for further study to find out its chemical composition.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of Gediz Vallis channel on March 31. Floods of water and debris piled rocks and sand into mounds within the channel. The rock the rover broke lies in a channel in this region.Fast-moving liquid water raged over the surface and carved Gediz. The floods carried a lot of rocks and sand and deposited them all along the way. Other piles of flood debris lie around the region, bearing witness to other ancient floods and landslides.
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