Image by NASA’s Curiosity Rover shows a flower like a rock on the surface of Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured a close-up image of a small, flower-like mineral deposit on the surface of Mars. The rover took the photo of the mineral flower, which resembles a living organism. However, it is not alive. The Curiosity Rover captured the image captured near Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), a Martian mountain that forms the central peak in Mars’ Gale crater. The above was performed on February 25, 2022. The official release for the same can be found here.

Curiosity Rover

Launched on November 26, 2011, Curiosity landed in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012 and continues to explore and provide substantial information to researchers interested in the Martian surface. It has been on the red planet for over 2,800 sols (Mars Day) for more than 700,000 raw images, and has traveled more than 14 miles on the surface of Mars. Curiosity is equipped with a radioisotope power system. In these types of systems, electricity is generated by the heat released during the radioactive decay of plutonium.

According to NASA, this power unit has exceeded its required operational lifetime, which was at least one Martian year or 687 Earth days. The fact that Curiosity has been roaming the surface of Mars for eight years is proof of its design.

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