... altre immagini A month in space: the Mars Curiosity rover continues its exploration – in pictures
The first sample of Martian soil placed on Curiosity's observation tray. The rover found soil similar to the volcanic sands of Hawaii
The first x-ray view of Martian soil. The image reveals the presence of crystalline feldspar, pyroxenes and olivine mixed with some amorphous (non-crystalline) material. The soil sample, taken from a wind-blown deposit within Gale crater, is similar to volcanic soils in Hawaii
Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system, is up to 11km deep. (By comparison, the Grand Canyon is only 2km deep.) This image shows the view of the central and eastern part of Valles Marineris from the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft, which repeatedly crosses the Martian equator from north to south or south to north