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Have you seen a picture of the "bright object" this post references? Unless it's in that picture and I'm just missing it.

• jere 14y ago
  http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/pia16225-Sol61-Mastcam34-br2.jpg http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/pia16225-Sol61-Mastcam34... According to the article it's "In the foreground, near the bottom of the image." I do see something near the bottom, halfway in the gap between the rover, that looks grey.... maybe metallic.
• libria 14y ago
  A reddit user[1] enhanced a closeup: http://i.imgur.com/99jDI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/99jDI.jpg This was taken from http://www.universetoday.com/97774/curiosity-finds-something-on-martian-surface/ http://www.universetoday.com/97774/curiosity-finds-something... [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/116q6s/curiosity_finds_something_on_martian_surface/ http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/116q6s/curiosity_fi...
  • chucknelson 14y ago
    As a casual observer, I would think that it is just some bit of material that fell off of the rover.
    • ceejayoz 14y ago
      Which I'd imagine shouldn't ever happen, and that's why they're taking a very cautious approach to using the robotic arm until they can rule that out.
      • ktizo 14y ago
        I wouldn't worry. As anyone who has dismantled technology can tell you, usually anything up to 90% of the small screws in any piece of equipment are entirely unnecessary, and in many cases seem to have manifested themselves spontaneously out of the vacuum. Or possibly the hoover.
        • waterlesscloud 14y ago
          The best theory I've seen is that it's a piece of foil tape that's crumbled in the harsh cold. Hopefully that's all it is.
          • ceejayoz 14y ago
            There does appear to be a screw hole with a missing screw, though: http://postimage.org/image/ouvupuniz/full/ http://postimage.org/image/ouvupuniz/full/
            • 3rd3 14y ago
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEgTuCFLU4&t=0m36s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEgTuCFLU4&t=0m36s
              • ceejayoz 14y ago
                Nice find!
    • res0nat0r 14y ago
      Could possibly wire insulation: http://imgur.com/a/HR9DS#0 http://imgur.com/a/HR9DS#0
    • junto 14y ago
      With a jovial tone, I believe this is a case of Martian littering. Looks like part of a Martian Chips packet to me.
• mobweb 14y ago
  For context, I think this is where you can see it in the photo in the OP article: http://i.minus.com/ivmqgpKATRHlj.jpg http://i.minus.com/ivmqgpKATRHlj.jpg