Curiosity Rover Finds Dragon Scale-Like Rock Patterns in Martian Crater

11 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Apr 21

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered extensive honeycomb-shaped rock patterns resembling dragon scales in Mars’ Antofagasta crater.
These polygonal textures, rarely seen so widely before, likely formed from ancient wet and dry cycles that fractured Martian mud.
Studying these features may reveal new insights into Mars’ watery past and environmental changes, aiding understanding of the planet’s geological history.

Could something other than water have sculpted the strange honeycomb patterns on the Martian surface?

Why did NASA find 'dragon scales' on Mars, and what do they reveal about its watery past?

Curiosity found organics before. Could these honeycomb cracks hold the ultimate proof of life?

Mars had oceans and wet-dry cycles. Are we now closer than ever to finding Martian fossils?

Why did NASA's rover back away from drilling at its most interesting discovery site yet?

If a vast ocean once covered Mars, what catastrophic event caused it all to disappear?