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The dark band near the top of this Nov. 18 image from Curiosity’s navigation camera is part of the Bagnold Dunes. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Curiosity rover’s next destination is a moving mound of wind-blown dark sand blanketing the base of Mount...

Two sizes of ripples are evident in this Dec. 13, 2015, view of a top of a Martian sand dune, from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Sand dunes and the smaller type of ripples also exist on Earth. Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type...

 Two sizes of ripples are evident in this Dec. 13, 2015, view of a top of a Martian sand dune, from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Sand dunes and the smaller type of ripples also exist on Earth. Credit: NASA Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars...

The MSL rover Curiosity is showing it is getting sand covered, in fact there is a pretty good build up on some of the surfaces. Seems like not so long ago I commented that the dust was much less than I thought it could be. From NASA’s website: This...

In order to gain more insight into the environment of Mars, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is heading towards the Mars dark dunes, Bagnold Dunes. It will be the first time that Curiosity rover will visit sand dunes on Mars. Till now, no other planet has...