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[edited by makc - please, people, make smaller pics! originally posted pic here]
Does anyone want to state their interpretation on the makeup of the large two-toned gray in the center right hand side of this picture?
How silly of me to ask that question. Thanks Bilderback....S. Bilderback wrote:That is the residual marks from multiple attacks from the rover's abrasion tool.Look at this link, What's the silver flower like thing?
isn't that a combination of lens spherical aberation, sun from the rear difraction and remnants of the stitching software.astroton wrote:If you zoom in closely, on the right side of the rover there is cylindrical object like an empty coke tin. What is that? Is that a rock? Something ejected out of rover?
Yes, though I didn't know whether the rock arrived with its icy covering or whether it was a reminant of a winter ice drift. Though there appear to be ice patches further afield I guess you're right. None of the nearby rocks have "ice drifts" and besides, aren't the rovers closer to the equator to take advantage of the stronger sunlight?Neutrinoman wrote:It looks to me like it is a "rock" that was once covered in ice. The ice is slowly sublimating giving us the two tone view.
This is in ref to the original post by S.B.... & the post by drrocks.... The two toned stone is not alone. Look past it on left and zoome in closer. There is another such rock but this time covered in black shell kinda material.drrocks wrote:
What's particularly troubling though is why is it all alone? One would expect at least a few nearby similar fragments, of the faceted rock or the caliche (well there may be small fragments in the soil all over the place, but no bigger ones?), but there appear to be none.
Curious indeed!