NASA's six-wheeled robot rumbled to Gediz Vallis Ridge on Mount Sharp, a mountain the rover has slowly climbed since 2014. The ridge is evidence from some 3 billion years ago, when Mars was a wet world, replete with lakes and roaring rivers. Back then, colossal debris flows hurled mud and car-sized boulders down the mountain; eons of the whistling Martian wind then chiseled away at this material, leaving the Gediz Vallis Ridge.
Mars Rover has finally arrived at a long-awaited Martian location
2023-09-30 03:59
NASA's six-wheeled robot rumbled to Gediz Vallis Ridge on Mount Sharp, a mountain the rover
![Mars Rover has finally arrived at a long-awaited Martian location](/i/c/bb05fe2d-e32e-f27a-2483-75ad01b28058.webp)
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