2 Min Read Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations PIA26697 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Photojournal Navigation - Science - Photojournal - Curiosity Studies Nodules on… - Photojournal Home - Photojournal Search - Latest Content - Galleries - Feedback - RSS - About Downloads ## Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations JPEG (291.85 KB) ## PIA26697 Figure A JPEG (291.92 KB) ## Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in-between. This mosaic is made up of 50 individual images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm, on ## Aug. 21 , 2025, the 4,636th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Ten images at different focus settings were taken at each of five locations to produce a sharp mosaic. The images were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.…