2.6 apod

 This picture is a close up of a picture from the MAHLI also known as Mars Hand Lens Imager on the Curiosity Rover.This picture captures elongated crystal shapes formed by precipitation minerals dissolve in water. This is important with our exploration of mars because we must have some form of water to survive. This was likely the result of an ancient lake or riven on the surface of mars. They were found on the pink cliffs of the Pahrump hills on the base of Mount Sharp on mars. The inset of the Lincoln cent provided a scale. Mars dust itself, the penny is a MAHLI calibration target attached to the rover.