The Curiosity rover, from NASA, identified an extensive area of fractures with a honeycomb-like pattern on the surface of Mars. The discovery occurred in Valle Grande, inside Gale Crater, where the spacecraft has been exploring the planet for almost 14 years.
The images show thousands of small polygonal shapes extending across the terrain as far as the rover's cameras can reach. Each one measures just a few centimeters, with NASA estimates pointing to about 4 millimeters. The observed pattern resembles honeycomb structures, with the fractures forming regular and repetitive geometries in the Martian rock.
