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Post by mohs on Sept 16, 2012 2:13:28 GMT -5
A strange picture of odd, spherical rock formations on Mars from NASA's Opportunity rover has scientists scratching their heads over what exactly they're looking at.
The new Mars photo by Opportunity shows a close-up of a rock outcrop called Kirkwood covered in blister-like bumps that mission scientists can't yet explain. At first blush, the formations appear similar to so-called Martian "blueberries" — iron-rich spherical formations first seen by Opportunity in 2004 — but they actually differ in several key ways, scientist said.
"This is one of the most extraordinary pictures from the whole mission," said rover mission principal investigator Steve Squyres of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in a statement. "Kirkwood is chock full of a dense accumulation of these small spherical objects. Of course, we immediately thought of the blueberries, but this is something different. We never have seen such a dense accumulation of spherules in a rock outcrop on Mars
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Post by helens on Sept 16, 2012 4:48:27 GMT -5
Ahhh Ed... still dreaming of rocks from Mars:)? Well me too!!! Wonder what COLORS they are?
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Sept 16, 2012 10:01:55 GMT -5
well it's obvious from the photo that some have popped and released their critters that it is a nest of eggs :<)
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fwfranklen (Mike)
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Post by fwfranklen (Mike) on Sept 16, 2012 11:09:49 GMT -5
I don't know itsandbits, it looks like a beginner rockhound has broken some T-eggs or nodules to see what is in side.
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Post by mohs on Sept 16, 2012 11:58:09 GMT -5
Marvin's been rock hounding Ha Ha
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 16, 2012 12:56:05 GMT -5
Dingleberries.
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Sept 16, 2012 17:42:21 GMT -5
black and white picture of my ceiling as I start scraping the spackle off:<)
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Post by Pat on Sept 16, 2012 17:54:51 GMT -5
Mars has warts???
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Post by docone31 on Sept 16, 2012 18:23:05 GMT -5
Herpes
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Post by mohs on Sept 16, 2012 20:38:49 GMT -5
ya go to a doc and he says you have martian herpes O she was suppose to be from Venus to many beers that night ?
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Post by helens on Sept 17, 2012 3:05:31 GMT -5
I wonder if they are geodes or thundereggs:).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 7:12:41 GMT -5
Sheep turds encased in rock snot. Jim
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fwfranklen (Mike)
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Post by fwfranklen (Mike) on Sept 17, 2012 8:46:03 GMT -5
Would'nt that be real Awsome Helen. T-eggs on mars. Now that is a houdning trip that would be real cool.
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Post by Don on Sept 17, 2012 9:20:19 GMT -5
they look like moki marbles weathering out of sandstone; which would be evidence for water.
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