Re: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Amanda Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Curious Mars pics > I'm told it's the impression made by the Mossbauer > spec

Re: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Amanda Marlowe
I'm told it's the impression made by the Mossbauer spectrometer. Apparently the spectrometer needs to press up against the soil to work. Here's an animated gif showing the formation of the semi-circle from Opportunity using before and after pics: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/oppor

Re: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/14/2004 2:21:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The dust around the rock and the object > has > >sharp breaks instead of the wind worn dusty look. Compare the dust > >around the large rock with the dust surrounding the smaller rocks. > > At first gl

RE: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Horn, John
> From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I immediately thought that it might be Lander debris, but the close-up > shows that it has definitely been there for a while. Another > observation, in the larger image, the rock and the object > both look like > they were recently moved. The dust a

RE: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Gary Nunn
> Almost looks like an artifact. > http://tinyurl.com/3fy8f > On the microscopic imager http://tinyurl.com/3435r xponent Weirdness Abounds Maru rob I immediately thought that it might be Lander debris, but the close-up shows that it has definitely been there for a while. Another observation, in

RE: Curious Mars pics

2004-03-14 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Curious Mars pics Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:53:01 -0600 Almost looks like an artifact. Looks like someone was eating sliced peaches and dropped one. Who could that be