June 16, 2004

Mars rover spies pot of gold New Scientist

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Exploration Rovers at June 16, 2004 12:01 PM

Tantalising new images are cascading back from NASA's Mars rovers now that they have reached their long-awaited geological sites. Spirit is now at the edge of the Columbia Hills facing what appears to be an easily-accessible hilltop straight ahead. The hilltop should offer vistas of the surrounding plain that is believed to be an ancient lakebed.
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This really is an interesting rock feature. Has anyone asked a marine bioligist to look at it? I have a rock in my childhood seashell collection that looks a lot like this one. But is isn't a rock it is fossilized sea coral!

Posted by: Dale Constable at June 29, 2004 07:29 PM

This rock resembles what you get when a drop of molten solder falls onto the floor and quickly solidifies into a flattened blob.

Posted by: novel_compound at July 14, 2004 01:44 PM