Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2016

24 PLANETOLOGY During its long march at the foot of Mount Sharp, NASA's Curiosity rover studied for about a month the surface conformation of the Murray Buttes region, and just before leaving for other destina- tions it beamed back to Earth some spectacular images that show with great definition the strati- fication of some rocky outcrops present in this small area of Gale Crater. by Michele Ferrara NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016 The wonders of Murray Buttes