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New pictures of the mysterious rock on Mars
- adobriyan 13y agoI feel bad every time I click on blog spam links.
- T-zex 13y agoI usually go straight into comments to get a direct link to the story or a print page.
- snirp 13y agoWhy 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/index.html#.Ut_JsmQ1i2w http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/in...
- ronaldx 13y agoVery 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!
- raverbashing 13y agoI don't see any new photos there.
- andraskindler 13y agothese were posted today on the NASA site, so they're pretty fresh.
- gus_massa 13y agoIt’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.html http://www.space.com/24330-mars-rover-mystery-rock-appears.h... There is no new information here.
- sp332 13y agoSol 3540 is January 8th, so these aren't newer than the old photos. Nice color, though.
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- rys 13y agoThere 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.
- jdc0589 13y agoor its from being run over by the rover
- bradleyland 13y agoThe NASA page has much better copy about the object: 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. http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/index.html#.Ut_2N3n0A19 http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/in... 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.