Sentences with phrase «center of the crater»

The maroon patch within the baby - blue area at the center of the crater signifies what has been identified as pyroclastic deposits centering on a volcanic vent.

Curiosity has traveled more than 16 km over more than 1,700 sols (martian days) as it has traveled from the bottom of Gale crater part way up Mount Sharp in the center of the crater.

The technique was able to pinpoint deposits around several crater central peaks, the craggy mounds that often form in the center of a crater during a large impact.

As the robot continues to climb Mount Sharp at the center of the crater, Curiosity will explore three new rock layers: one dominated by the iron mineral hematite, one dominated by clay and one with lots of sulfate salts.

For the first time, scientists are drilling into the center of the crater it left behind.

Cerealia Facula, in the center of the crater, consists of bright material covering a 6 - mile - wide (10 - kilometer - wide) pit, within which sits a small dome.

This odd picture is actually three mountains poking out of the center of a crater.

But new images provide the first up - close look at stacked layers of sediment exposed near the base of Mount Sharp, the roughly 5 - kilometer - high outcrop at the center of the crater.

We hike this Costa Rica Volcano, surrounded by dense forest, with a beautiful lake in the center of the crater.

At the center of the crater, you will find the weakened Necrozma.