The Gediz Vallis Ridge represents one of the last geological features (or most recent) that formed on Mount Sharp.
stands at a height of three miles , which the robotic explorer has been steadily climbing since 2014.A mosaic of 136 images
This detailed mosaic provides a close-up view, showcasing important landscape elements of the ridge, including the existence of transported dark rocks. “The debris flows that helped form Gediz Vallis Ridge carried these rocks – and others lower on the ridgeline, some as large as cars – down from layers high on Mount Sharp,” mentioned NASA.
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to witness these events,” said William Dietrich, geologist and a mission team member at the University of California, Berkeley, who led the scientific examination of the ridge.
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