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This view of a Martian rock target called “Harrison” merges images from two cameras on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Harrison bears elongated, light-colored crystals in a darker matrix. Based on composition information, the elongated crystals are likely feldspars, and the matrix is pyroxenedominated. The texture provides compelling evidence for igneous rocks at Gale Crater, where Curiosity is on a traverse to reach the lower slopes of Mount Sharp near the center of the crater. Photo courtesy of NASA
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This view of a Martian rock target called “Harrison” merges images from two cameras on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Harrison bears elongated, light-colored crystals in a darker matrix. Based on composition information, the elongated crystals are likely feldspars, and the matrix is pyroxenedominated. The texture provides compelling evidence for igneous rocks at Gale Crater, where Curiosity is on a traverse to reach the lower slopes of Mount Sharp near the center of the crater. Photo courtesy of NASA