Curiosity’s Detailed View of ‘Fascination Turret’

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this detailed view of jagged rocks and sediment exposed along the side of a mound called “Fascination Turret.” Made up of 32 individual images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth, this panorama was taken on March 24, 2024, the 4,135th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Figure A is the same image, reprocessed to highlight the shadows.

Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam.

For more about Curiosity, visit: science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity