Curiouser and curiouser: Earth-like terrain in Mars rover images

Images from the latest Mars rover’s navigation cameras reveal a remarkably familiar landscape -- one that looks like the California desert.

Black-and-white photos stitched together from the Curiosity rover’s Navcams show gravelly terrain with what looks like well-cut, pyramidal mountains in the background – the kind of terrain found in the Mojave, said John Grotzinger, lead scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.  http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-curiosity-images-mojave-nasa-jpl-20120808,0,160461.story?track=rss

Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Amina Khan