Layered slopes of Aeolis Mons, also known as Mount Sharp

Layered slopes of Aeolis Mons, also known as Mount Sharp
Curiosity Mars Rover reached its 3rd anniversary on the surface of the Red Planet on August 6.  Recorded with Curiosity's Mast Camera instrument, the scene looks south across gravel, sand ripples, and boulders toward rounded buttes. In the background, higher layers at left are toward the southeast, with southwest at panorama right. The individual images composing the view were taken on Curiosity's mission sols (martian days) 952 and 953 since the rover's landing on August 6, 2012.

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Image credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS

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