Rover rounds Martian dune to get to the other side
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 16:45
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep face, where cascading sand has sculpted very different textures than the wavy ripples visible on the dune's windward slope.