Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock ...
As it cracked open, it revealed yellow crystals of pure sulfur. NASA says it's the strangest find of the entire Curiosity project. The little rover has explored the Gale Crater since 2012.
At its most recent site, known as Gediz Vallis, the rover literally stumbled upon pure sulfur, its wheels crushing the material to expose a bed of yellow crystals. It turns out there was a whole ...
Pure Quartz (circled in yellow), meanwhile ... I don’t believe you can find this anywhere else, so good luck. Sulfur – While it is possible to find Sulfur nodes out in the wild, the best ...