NASA Releases Panoramic View of Mars

NASA has released an interactive, panoramic view of Mars taken by the Curiosity Rover. The 360-degree photo was taken on Aug. 5, almost four years after the probe landed on the Red Planet, inside the famous Gale Crater. One of the most spectacular views is of the Murray Buttes. NASA says these outcroppings are relatively resistant to wind erosion, allowing a glimpse into a layer of rock that was once the Martian surface. Curiosity is traveling along this harder layer as it...

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