The famed rover has collected four samples in from an ancient river delta ion the Red Planet since July 7.
which form deep underground from magma or during volcanic activity at the planet’s surface.
NASA’s Perseverance rover puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in Mars’ Jezero Crater. CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS.“The delta, with its diverse sedimentary rocks, contrasts beautifully with the igneous rocks—formed from crystallization of magma—discovered on the crater floor,” Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley of Caltech in Pasadena, California said.
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