New pictures of the mysterious rock on Mars(nasa.gov)
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New pictures of the mysterious rock on Mars
http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/index.html
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Why not link to the NASA page directly? I really don't see how the blog adds anything. Here it is with some high quality images: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/in...
Very little else has moved: it should therefore be simple enough to deduce which direction the rock came from?
Actually I can't immediately identify any other difference. Very weird!
Actually I can't immediately identify any other difference. Very weird!
I don't see any new photos there.
these were posted today on the NASA site, so they're pretty fresh.
It’s a new before-after image, but it’s very similar to the old before-after image, for example: http://www.space.com/24330-mars-rover-mystery-rock-appears.h... There is no new information here.
Sol 3540 is January 8th, so these aren't newer than the old photos. Nice color, though.
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There are two small very straight lines on the lower right of the object that hints that it's man-made. Really looks like something just fell off of the rover, rather than was knocked there from the ground nearby. There's almost no disturbance of anything else in that area which would be expected if that object rolled or was pushed there. Looks like it fell down on top.
The NASA page has much better copy about the object:
From this, I get the impression that the other rock you see in the photo is actually bright white as well, but is covered by red martian dust. This is probably the most interesting thing about the whole photograph.
Much of the rock is bright-toned, nearly white. A
portion is deep red in color. Pinnacle Island may
have been flipped upside down when a wheel dislodged
it, providing an unusual circumstance for examining
the underside of a Martian rock.
From this, I get the impression that the other rock you see in the photo is actually bright white as well, but is covered by red martian dust. This is probably the most interesting thing about the whole photograph.
or its from being run over by the rover