NASA has released new color images taken by the Curiosity Mars rover, which it says will help increase understanding of the red planet's landscape. Curiosity Project scientist Ashwin Vasavada said the team was "thrilled" to undertake the expedition, describing the landscape as "a bit of American desert Southwest on Mars". Related Image Expand / Contract This closeup view from NASA's Curiosity rover shows finely layered rocks on Mars, deposited by wind long ago as migrating sand dunes. Since the images were taken, the rover has left the buttes and is set to continue its journey higher up Mount Sharp. The Curiosity team plan to create several mosaics from the images, with NASA saying they compare to photos taken in American national parks.

Source: Fox News September 11, 2016 04:52 UTC