Curiosity captured a panorama on Aug. 11, 2026, its 4,982nd Martian day

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• NASA's Curiosity rover captured the panorama with its Mastcam on Aug. 11, 2026, the mission's 4,982nd Martian day, or sol.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• NASA's Curiosity rover has been ascending Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain, since 2014.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said no one is sure what created the yardang layer and that one idea is that it may be ash deposited by ancient volcanic eruptions.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• Curiosity made the panorama on Aug. 11, 2026, with its Mastcam camera.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• NASA notes that bright morning light in the image illuminates rocks known as yardangs on the horizon.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• The yardang layer extends about 16 km along the northwestern slope of Mount Sharp, which is about 5 km tall.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• Curiosity has been ascending Mount Sharp since 2014.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)

• NASA released an image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover.

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  • NASA · 6 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn (Original publication)
  • iXBT · 7 Oct · Ровер NASA Curiosity запечатлел потрясающий марсианский рассвет (Original publication)
  • Dawn News · 7 Oct · Nasa rover takes striking image of dawn's early light on Mars (Original publication)
  • NASA · 7 Oct · NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs (Original publication)