Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image was acquired on Feb. 6, 2024 (Sol 1054) at the local mean solar time of 11:54:39. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
The science team at JPL believe they were washed into the crater by raging floods around 3.5 billion years ago