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Outcrop southeast of the Kimberley, Curiosity sol 631

Outcrop southeast of the Kimberley, Curiosity sol 631
Outcrop southeast of the Kimberley, Curiosity sol 631 After driving southeast from the "Windjana" drill site at the Kimberley, Curiosity took this Mastcam-100 panorama of an outcrop of thinly bedded rocks. Wind has sculpted the layers into thin fins and other fantastical shapes. NASA / JPL / MSSS / Thomas Appéré

Here's one particularly interesting-looking rock at the outcrop:

Fractured rock southeast of the Kimberley, Curiosity sol 631
Fractured rock southeast of the Kimberley, Curiosity sol 631 Image: NASA / JPL / MSSS / mosaic by Emily Lakdawalla