Curiosity Mars Rover broke Martian Rock to see what’s inside

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover captured broken Martian Rock and all insides. Martian Sand moving under the rover. Technically Curiosity to investigate what the composition and texture may disclose about an ancient wet environment in which fluids may have circulated through the rock and cemented these nodules together more strongly than the surrounding sandstone. Sulfate salt deposits ring the crater like a bathtub ring and were deposited after the clays, as the lake dried out. The Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity showed researchers interesting internal color in this rock called "Sutton_Inlier," which was broken by the rover driving over it. The Mastcam took this image during the 174th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Jan. 31, 2013). The rock is about 5 inches (12 centimeters) wide at the end closest to the camera.

Link to NASA article of Martian sand moving under Curiosity: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/5152/bluish-color-in-broken-rock-in-yellowknife-bay/?site=msl

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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