Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.
This image was acquired on October 15, 2024 (Sol 1299) at the local mean solar time of 11:40:37.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Amazing. Those look like they developed vertically and are now on their side.
The rover is currently driving up the rim wall of Jezero crater. The rim wall was created by a huge impact in Mars early history. So we could be looking at some of the oldest rocks that were uplifted during the impact. I'm clearly not a geologist, so it will be interesting to see the results of the investigations of the rocks in this region by the science team.
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