Curiosity Views Rock Made of Sulfur at 'Snow Lake'
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed "Snow Lake" on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The image was captured by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on the end of the rover's robotic arm. Nine days before this image was captured, Curiosity crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed crystalline textures inside. Curiosity's Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) found that the rock was made of elemental sulfur. An entire field of similar-looking rocks were found in this area; all are expected to have sulfur inside them. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26308
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July 18, 2024
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