30 best photos from Mars

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Which of NASA’s Curiosity 30 best photos from Mars are your top favorites?

Here's how Curiosity looked 7 years ago and now

#30 is my favorite.

#1

Ripples On Surface Of Martian Sand Dune

Curiosity is approaching its 8 year anniversary on Mars and while it is currently the only functional rover on the planet (after we all, unfortunately, had to say goodbye to Oppy), NASA has plans to send it some company in the shape of Mars 2020 rover. The 2020 mission is scheduled to start on 17 July to 5 August 2020 when the rocket carrying the rover will be launched. NASA also announced a student naming contest for the rover that was held in the fall of 2019. The final name will be announced in early March 2020, so we definitely have something to look forward to!

#2

Sunset Sequence In Mars' Gale Crater

#3

Curiosity Rover Finds And Examines A Meteorite On Mars

#4

Curiosity's Color View Of Martian Dune After Crossing It

#5

Martian Rock 'Harrison' In Color, Showing Crystals

#6

Curiosity's Dusty Selfie At Duluth

#7

Jake Matijevic Rock

#8

Multiple Layers Of Mount Sharp

#9

First Sampling Hole In Mount Sharp

#10

Curiosity Took Dozens Of Mast Cam Images To Complete This Mosaic Of A Petrified Sand Dune

#11

Remnants Of Ancient Streambed On Mars

#12

Outcrop In The Murray Buttes Region Of Lower Mount Sharp

#13

Mount Sharp Comes In Sharply

#14

Curiosity Self-Portrait At Martian Sand Dune

#15

Curiosity Visited An Area Named "Fracture Town" Which Contains Many Pointed, Layered Rock Formations

#16

Having Reached The Base Of Mount Sharp, Curiosity Captured This Image Of Its Rocky Surroundings

#17

Wheel Scuff Mark At 'Rocknest'

#18

Focusing The 100-Millimeter Mastcam

#19

Curiosity Arrived At This Active Sand Dune Named "Gobabeb", Which Is Part Of A Larger Dune Field Known As "Bagnold"

#20

View From Mars Orbiter Showing Curiosity Rover At 'Shaler'

Mars Rover Curiosity In 'Buckskin' Selfie

#22

Layers At The Base Of Mount Sharp

#23

Getting To Know Mount Sharp

#24

Curiosity Tracks In 'Hidden Valley' On Mars

#25

Curiosity Rover's View Of Alluring Martian Geology

#26

Curiosity Self-Portrait At 'Windjana' Drilling Site

#27

A Mudstone Rock Outcrop At The Base Of Mount Sharp

#28

Bone Up On Mars Rock Shapes

#29

Strata At Base Of Mount Sharp

Absolutely huge amount of sedimentary rocks on Mars. Such abundance could only form if there had been a vast amount of water on the surface. Differential erosion suggests that sedimentation was episodic. Studying similar photos in the past, I have proposed that Mars experiences "atmosphere ages", not unlike Earth's "ice ages", whereby the orbit of Mars moves into a sustained pattern permitting huge quantities of CO2 ice to sublimate into the atmosphere, raising the atmospheric pressure above the triple point for water to exist in liquid form. The subsequent greenhouse effect then begins melting subsurface water ice, filling the basins, and beginning anew another episode of erosion and sedimentation.

#30 is my favorite.

Resistant Features In 'Pahrump Hills' Outcrop

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