NASA’s Curiosity rover isn’t leaving just tire tracks in the reddish Martian dust — it’s also leaving scoop marks in an area called Rocknest, about 480 meters away from where the rover touched down in August.
NASA’s Curiosity rover is hard at work analyzing samples from Mars’ surface, leaving behind scoop marks like this one as it goes.
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