NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route to continue exploring Mount Sharp. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

The weight of all those layers of rock would densely compact the rocks at the base ... Curiosity climbed. The rover has climbed only about 350 meters, or about 7 percent of the way up Mount Sharp.

These views were captured with Curiosity's left Mastcam as the rover continues a journey toward the boxwork region below Mount Sharp. Though the images may look like they're being recorded from ...

The image showcases the Curiosity rover standing at the Quela drilling site in the Murray Buttes area on lower Mount Sharp. The image was taken in 2016. Thanks For Reading!

NASA's Curiosity Rover reveals stunning new images of another ... The highest peak in the background is known as Mount Sharp at five kilometres high. Scientists believe Mount Sharp was created ...

It's a "big mystery to me as to how this rock formed in Mount Sharp". Curiosity also "found a lot of it", said Nasa: "an entire field of bright rocks that look similar to the one the rover crushed".