Network: Wedgetail Astrostrategy Cyberstrategy Geofinance Geopolitics Geostrategy Global Energy

Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars

Nasa has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of years ago as the car-sized vehicle continues to explore Earth’s planetary neighbour. Curiosity landed in 2012 in Gale Crater near the Martian equator, and since 2014 has been climbing Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall mountain rising from the crater floor. The image was taken by the six-wheeled rover’s Mastcam camera about an hour after the sun rose ab

Source: Dawn