NASA’s Curiosity captured this panorama using its Mastcam while heading west away from Gediz Vallis channel on Nov. 2, 2024, the 4,352nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

A wall of debris called Pinnacle Ridge looms over Gediz Vallis, and off in the distance, you can see the rim of Gale Crater, where Curiosity has been exploring since it arrived on Mars in 2012.

Curiosity's instruments were able to analyze and identify the sulfurous rocks in the Gediz Vallis Channel, but if it hadn't taken a route that rolled over and cracked one open, it could have been ...

Sols 4366–4367: One of those days on Mars (sulfate-bearing unit to the west of Upper Gediz Vallis) November 19th, 2024 Lucy Lim NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Right ...

Mastcam gets its turn on both Sapphire Lake and Pinnacle Ridge, as well as a Mastcam-exclusive target, "Wuksachi," to document some rover-disturbed regolith and a wheel-scuffed rock surface. This plan ...

Gediz Vallis is a channel or valley on Mars that reveals clues about the planet’s past climate and geological processes. The valley's features suggest that water once flowed through this region ...

The Gediz Vallis Channel and sulfur NASA’s Curiosity rover took this image of the Gediz Vallis on March 31. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Where the crystals were found – the Gediz Vallis channel – may have been carved by flows of water, according to NASA. Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of Gediz Vallis channel on March 31.

Where the crystals were found – the Gediz Vallis channel – may have been carved by flows of water, according to NASA. Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of Gediz Vallis channel on March 31.

Where the crystals were found – the Gediz Vallis channel – may have been carved by flows of water, according to NASA. Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of Gediz Vallis channel on March 31.