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Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in-between.

This mosaic is made up of 50 individual images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, on

Aug. 21

, 2025, the 4,636th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Ten images at different focus settings were taken at each of five locations to produce a sharp mosaic.…