NASA Rover Encounters Spectacular Metal Meteorite on Mars - ScienceAlert

The colors in the image have been corrected to match the lighting conditions as seen with human eyes on Earth.

Even though Mars' atmosphere is much thinner than Earth's, it still creates enough friction to heat the meteorite's surface.

The regmaglypts are likely created by vortices of hot gas that melted the rock as it travelled through the atmosphere.

In 2016, MSL Curiosity found another metal meteorite about the size of a golf ball named "Egg Rock."

The grid pattern of five small white dots shows where the instrument's laser struck the rock.

By researching the area, Curiosity is shedding light on Mars' ancient history, and how it dried up to become the desiccated wasteland it is now.