01 November 2021
Curiosity finds organic molecules in Mars sand dune
... such sample picked for analysis was collected by Curiosity during its journey across the Bagnold dune field, a 35-kilometre (22 mile) long by 1-2 km wide dune field that wraps around the northwest side of Mount Sharp. Likely exposed to ionising...
14 December 2015
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover observes sand dunes two stories tall
... underlying material in a shallow sand sheet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Previous observations of the Bagnold Dunes with the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have also indicated that mineral...
