The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on Aug. 11, 2026. Scientists are eager to learn more about how the yardang layer formed. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

The full press release is on this link

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-curiosity-rover-catches-stunning-martian-dawn/

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Once upon a time, NASA and JPL would themselves take up the task of adding scale to rover images, by adding in a correctly scaled model of the vehicle to actual photographs:

Now Opportunity compares to a golf cart in size, whereas Curiosity and Perseverance are nearer a car or van. The above image of Opportunity at Victoria Crater, a small break in the immense flatness of Meridiani Planum, would seem modest compared to a scaled model of Curiosity ascending Mt. Sharp. I wish I had the skills and time to do that kind of work...

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