The Curiosity rover continues to scan the Red Planet and once again approaches the Gediz Vallis Ridge. This place is called the “Bermuda Triangle” of Mars, and there are reasons for this – it is a rather dangerous and unpredictable place that the rover has tried to reach several times.

Gediz Wallis is a part of Keskin Mountain where water once flowed. On the slopes there are many rocks that roll down, blocking the rover’s path. Curiosity tried to cross the ridge three times but failed: first in 2020, then again in 2022, and for the third time this year during the ascent from Marker Bend Valley.

“The Gediz Wallis Ridge has been a long-term and sometimes impossible target of the Curiosity rover mission,” the rover’s engineering team states.

According to the last photo, Curiosity is approaching the ridge and just meters away from reaching out and making contact with the rock. If he can cross this road and reach his goal, scientists will reach unique data on the geology of Gediz Vallis.

The latest image of the rover is already being actively discussed on the internet because it has odd details. Thus, one of the users of social network X noticed an unusual vertical rift in the rock, as if it were not a rock but a part of the wall.

Several other users saw a strange spot in the sky, as if something was flying over the surface of the planet.

Another reader noticed a “grumpy” stone that should be avoided. But this is of course already a joke.

New images of Curiosity are expected in the near future. Given the complexity of the route, the rover will traverse the future meters of the road very slowly and carefully. Source