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NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the lower portion of Mount Sharp on Mars, and it’s just sent back a handful of colour images that give us unprecedented views of the strange rock formations on the Red Planet.
As you can see from the images below, Mars looks oddly familiar, and it’s gotten scientists pretty excited. “Curiosity’s science team has been thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars,” says Curiosity project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada.
Just don’t forget to remind yourself that this is Mars, and it’s 225 million km (140 million miles) away. Thank you, Curiosity!
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