The morning Sun casts a hazy glow over Mars’ Mount Sharp, lighting up distant wind-carved rock formations known as yardangs. This scene is cropped from a six-image panorama captured by the Mastcam on NASA’s Curiosity rover at 8:30 a.m. local time on Aug. 11, 2026, the mission’s 4,982nd sol (martian day). Mount Sharp, formally AeolisContinue reading “Curiosity captures a martian dawn”

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