NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving the Gediz Valley channel it was investigating. While searching for traces of microbial life on Mars, the rover discovered an area full of white sulfur rocks that have never been seen before. Researchers stated that this discovery could provide important clues about the ancient environmental conditions of the Red Planet.
The light-colored terrain in this area had previously been noticed in images taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, but details of the rocks only emerged with Curiosity’s close inspection.
