Perseverance Rover Composites on GigaPan (img)

2 years 7 months ago #16918 by Todd

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Large composites made from left & right Mastcam Z images taken on Sol 62. A lot of really bizarre stuff here, especially the smaller bits on the ground near the lower right of the two larger composites.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/227224

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2 years 6 months ago #16937 by Todd

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Composites made from left & right Mastcam Z images taken on Sol 53.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/227332

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2 years 6 months ago #16944 by Todd

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Composites made from left & right Mastcam Z images taken on Sol 54.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/227380

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2 years 6 months ago #16945 by RocketDawg

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Could that be a meteorite in the bottom center of the top images?

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2 years 6 months ago #16948 by Todd

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Maybe, hard to say for sure. It could also be igneous. I am fascinated by what appears to be a metallic coating on the surface of several samples in Jezero, it's possible that process is what we're seeing. I lean towards igneous though.

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2 years 6 months ago #16949 by RocketDawg

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You're probably right. I don't think I've ever seen a flat, plate-shaped meterorite. I suppose it could be a part of a larger one that split off. Or, as you say, it could be igneous, but it looks a lot like iron.

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2 years 6 months ago #16955 by Todd

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From what they see using the abrasion tool so far is igneous with salts present. So the lakebed, which could have once been a potential habitat for life, was likely created originally by a volcanic process. In that volcanic rock, they are looking for ancient life signs. The sample return mission will give us clearer answers from a geological standpoint eventually, pending success. I'd be curious to know what's going on with some of the layered samples from Sol 119.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211008160510.htm
www.gigapan.com/galleries/13791/gigapans/226357

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