High-Res Photo Shows Sand-Capped Butte Rising from Mars Plain of Polygons

(petapixel.com)

48 points | by bookofjoe 6 days ago

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lostnfound8778 1 hour ago
NASA's version: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curios...
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- HelloUsername 46 minutes ago
  Posted 10 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146160
oplav 44 minutes ago
> The color was adjusted to match the lighting conditions as the human eye would see it if a person were standing on the surface of the Red Planet.
Is the non-adjusted color version available anywhere?
sandgiant 1 hour ago
> NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, on June 11, 2026. The surrounding area includes an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons.
From https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curios...
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