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While the helicopter is getting ready, I cant help checking out nearby rocks. This odd one has my science team trading lots of hypotheses.
Its about 6 inches (15 cm) long. If you look closely, you might spot the row of laser marks where I zapped it to learn more.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Like a copper meteorite.
Midnight Writer
(21,803 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)No oxygen to speak of on Mars...
So I see why Perseverance is curious.
blugbox
(951 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Of course, the color might be completely wrong - often these pictures are infrared, or some odd combination of wavelengths.
blugbox
(951 posts)Or perhaps at some point that rock had been exposed to surface water or a more acidic and humid atmosphere...
Very interesting either way! Hope we eventually get some answers!
electric_blue68
(14,952 posts)photos as taken with infrared, x-ray email c cameras...
But I don't recall any previous Mars surface photos being labeled that way.
Otoh, I may have missed those in the past 🤔 👍
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They would roughly approximate color by mixing some odd wavelengths of visible and infrared light.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Maybe not blue IRL
denbot
(9,901 posts)Of course the cavities could be from any number of non biological sources..
LymphocyteLover
(5,654 posts)not the big holes
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)around 2004 and others by its sister rover Spirit?
See: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/6944/martian-blueberries/
We'll see what the instrument's analysis says........
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)This kind of looks like it after our cat knocked it off a table.