Landscape photographs are, most of the time, fascinating. But they can
be both fascinating and intriguing especially if the subject is the
Earth-like rock formations on Mars. The Mars Curiosity Rover currently
traversing the red planet captured another surprising image of Mars. The
colored images released by NASA show landscapes that are almost similar
to Earth
NASA released colored images of Martian formations showing rocks,
hills and plateaus almost similar to formations of rocks on deserts here
on Earth. The mast camera aboard the Curiosity Rover, who has been
roaming the planet since 2012, captured the images.
The photos showed the "Murray Buttes," a rocky region on the surface of Mars. Even scientists from NASA cannot deny the uncanny similarity of the Martian surface to the rock formations here on Earth.
"Curiosity's science team has been just thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars," Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity rover project scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a statement. This is because of the rocks, hills and plateaus visible on the images that the rover beamed back to Earth.
Presenting a colored image of Mars is no easy feat. Vasavada and the
rover team assembled large, color photographs taken of the Murray Buttes
region into a mosaic to give a bigger perspective of the area. Experts
say that the buttes and mesas found on the Murray buttes were remnants
from ancient sandstone eroded by winds during the formation of Mount
Sharp. The enhanced images play a big role in the scientific analysis of
the images taken from the red planet.
The Curiosity Rover team assembles and analyzes images not only to produce a stunning representation of the martian surface but most importantly to understand the processes involved for the current rock formations to be shaped in such ways. The wind factor, as well as chemical influence on the formation of buttes on Mars, are also being investigated.
The photos showed the "Murray Buttes," a rocky region on the surface of Mars. Even scientists from NASA cannot deny the uncanny similarity of the Martian surface to the rock formations here on Earth.
"Curiosity's science team has been just thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars," Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity rover project scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a statement. This is because of the rocks, hills and plateaus visible on the images that the rover beamed back to Earth.
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The Curiosity Rover team assembles and analyzes images not only to produce a stunning representation of the martian surface but most importantly to understand the processes involved for the current rock formations to be shaped in such ways. The wind factor, as well as chemical influence on the formation of buttes on Mars, are also being investigated.
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