NASA announced the site for the Mars Science Laboratory’s rover, named Curiosity, yesterday. It’s gonna be at a giant crater named Gale. Now, this crater has a friggin mountain rising out of it’s center. From the article:

“Gale crater is about 96 miles (154 kilometers) wide and has a mountain at its center that rises higher, from the crater floor up, than Mount Rainer near Seattle. The crater, which is named after Australian astronomer Walter F. Gale, is so large that the U.S. states of Connecticut and Rhode Island could fit inside it, NASA officials said. [Video: Fly Over Gale Crater on Mars]”

That’s just awesome. Check out NASA’s MSL page and JPL’s MSL page for more info and pics. 

Via Space.com