Mars Color Variations on Mount Sharp PopWallet canvas For nearly 25 years

For nearly 25 years

The galaxy

with an age of about 350 years

Planetary nebulae are shaped by the complex interplay of many physical processes

In the heart of the nebula

Mars Color Variations on Mount Sharp PopWallet canvas For nearly 25 yearsThe foreground of this scene from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows purple hued rocks near the rover's late 2016 location on lower Mount Sharp. The scene's middle distance includes higher layers that are future destinations for the mission. Variations in color of the rocks hint at the diversity of their composition on lower Mount Sharp. The purple tone of the foreground rocks has been seen in other rocks where Curiosity's