![A close-up of the polygon fractures discovered by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover highlights their honeycomb-like textures. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS [Larger Image]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Curiosity-Mars.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
[NASA] Mission scientists have never seen so many of the many-sided geologic features in one place on the Red Planet.
Polygonal cracking
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Dale Andersen’s 1996 Antarctic Field Research Photo Album Volume 2
Editor’s note: This is a revised version of the original website that was first posted – from Antarctica – in 1996.