Curiosity rover takes photo of 'dragon skeleton' on Mars

Miscellaneous / by admin / April 14, 2023

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So this is where Drogon flew off at the end of Game of Thrones.

NASA releases new images from the Red Planet taken by the rover Curiosity. Some of them show strange processes that seem to form the skeleton of a dragon.

Photo: Curiosity / NASA

Of course, strangely shaped stones have nothing to do with fairy-tale creatures. These are just "ventilated concretions," as experts call them - pieces of rock that have been carved by the wind, writes fox news.

Photo: Curiosity / NASA

The strangely shaped rocks arose in the ancient past when liquid water seeped through their cracks, bringing minerals with it. They were harder than the rock around them, so the wind washed away everything but the minerals.

Andrew Good

Researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA

Photo: Curiosity / NASA

These shots were taken by Curiosity on May 15, 2022 using their Mastcam. Minerals of an unusual shape were found by him on Mount Sharp (4.83 kilometers high), which the rover has been climbing since 2014.

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Photo: Curiosity / NASA

All new images from Mars can be viewed at site NASA.