Mars Color Variations on Mount Sharp PopWallet canvas The galaxy

The galaxy

Planetary nebulae are shaped by the complex interplay of many physical processes

with an age of about 350 years

Another pair of jets is visible at another peak near the centre of the image

Mars Color Variations on Mount Sharp PopWallet canvas The galaxyThe foreground of this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows purple hued rocks near the rover's late 2016 location on lower Mount Sharp. The scene's middle distance includes higher layers that are future destinations for the mission. Variations in color of the rocks hint at the diversity of their composition on lower Mount Sharp. The purple tone of the foreground rocks has been seen in other rocks where Curiosity's