Roving on rock benches - sol 2936
Mosaic of 15 individual pictures taken with NavCam Right on sol 2936 (8 November 2020) at 1:00 pm martian local time. Curiosity rover is roving on stair-step-like"rock benches". These meter-scale structures show different types of rocks: "recessive" outcrops, which seem to erode more easily (some of these are poking out of the dark, sand-covered slopes) and "resistant" outcrops, which form the harder caps at the top of the benches. The difference between the recessive and resistant rock layers is what has allowed the wind to carve them into benches over the eons.
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Mosaïque de 15 photos acquises par la caméra NavCam Droite au sol 2936 (8 novembre 2020) à 13h00 heure locale martienne. Le rover Curiosity roule sur des plateaux rocheux qui descendent en marches d'escalier (zones claires), hautes de 1 mètre. La partie supérieure de ces plateaux est plus résistante que sa base. Celle-ci s'érode sous l'effet du vent, formant ces structures.
Roving on rock benches - sol 2936
Mosaic of 15 individual pictures taken with NavCam Right on sol 2936 (8 November 2020) at 1:00 pm martian local time. Curiosity rover is roving on stair-step-like"rock benches". These meter-scale structures show different types of rocks: "recessive" outcrops, which seem to erode more easily (some of these are poking out of the dark, sand-covered slopes) and "resistant" outcrops, which form the harder caps at the top of the benches. The difference between the recessive and resistant rock layers is what has allowed the wind to carve them into benches over the eons.
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Mosaïque de 15 photos acquises par la caméra NavCam Droite au sol 2936 (8 novembre 2020) à 13h00 heure locale martienne. Le rover Curiosity roule sur des plateaux rocheux qui descendent en marches d'escalier (zones claires), hautes de 1 mètre. La partie supérieure de ces plateaux est plus résistante que sa base. Celle-ci s'érode sous l'effet du vent, formant ces structures.