NASA Releases Hi-Res Mars Panoramas of Honeycomb Landscapes and a Sand-Capped Butte
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NASA's Curiosity rover captured high-resolution panoramas on June 11, 2026, of Miraflores, a 20-foot sand-capped butte in Gale Crater, and surrounding terrain marked by thousands of small polygonal (honeycomb-like) formations measuring 1.5 to 3 inches across, both of which provide geological clues about ancient Martian environmental conditions and the region's history of lakes and streams.
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