The Sun is always rising somewhere. 🌄
On the 4,982nd Martian day of its mission, our Curiosity rover captured this photo of dawn breaking over distant yardangs, jagged land formations carved by wind. go.nasa.gov/4sa4mXf
ALT A stark, grayish-tan Martian landscape featuring jagged rock formations and rolling mountain ridges beneath a pale, hazy sky.
📍Gale Crater, Aug. 11, 2026, 8:30 a.m. local Mars time.
The Curiosity rover captures the Sun rising on crags known as yardangs, a scene that scientists have long been waiting to see up close. 1/2
HD cameras watching lunar construction is tucked into the communications section. We could end up following a Moon base going up the way people follow Starbase today. Very easy way to lose an afternoon.
Mostly I want to see the SciFi collection - it was interesting to look through the @TASCHEN book to see what was in the collection. Is there any other museum that has as good a spread of SciFi artworks?
I don't need the absolute fastest connections. Fast connections work. Being able to be anywhere on the planet and have reliable connections wins for me. I can't wait to switch everything over to Musk's products.