Even though the rover isn’t there yet, it keeps stopping to look at cool rocks and places. Every stop helps scientists learn more about Mars and what it was like a long time ago. NASA’s Curiosity rover took a beautiful video showing what Mars looks like. The picture looks like a sunny desert with hills and mountains, but it’s actually a view of Mars, our neighboring planet.
The rover is exploring a special area called Gale Crater, where there are minerals that tell us water once existed there. Scientists found something called pure sulfur on Mars, which makes them wonder if tiny living things might have once lived there. The view shows a big round area called a crater, made a long time ago when a big space rock hit Mars.
The video is short—just 30 seconds—and shows what it’s like to see Mars up close, kind of like going for a walk on another planet without leaving Earth. Next, the rover will visit a place called “boxwork,” where rocks have strange web-like patterns. Scientists believe these patterns were made when water flowed through cracks and left minerals behind.
They hope these clues might tell us more about whether Mars was once a place where tiny living things could have lived. NASA shared these amazing pictures to help us see what Mars looks like. The rover started its journey in 2011 and has traveled over 350 million miles! It has even found interesting minerals that make scientists think about whether Mars could have supported tiny life forms before.
