Curiosity finds gravel on Mars!

Originally posted by nighthawk1954
I swear on the bottom right hand side of one the photo's it looks like a MacDonald's Wrapper!

MacDonald's? How ridiculous! But, I did hear that Bill Maher ate a Mars Bar on Mars, so maybe that was the wrapper. He bought it at the MARket.

I know, I need a nap.

talking about gravel, i found this interesting picture:

a = mars, b= Namib desert.

reply to post by D1ss1dent

Wow. There are rocks and dust on Mars and Earth.
I'm gobsmacked.

The similarity of breakdown features on Martian surfaces with those found in arid and hyper-arid environments has been noted ever since the Viking mission brought back close-up images from Mars. However, the more recent perambulations of the Spirit and Opportunity rover vehicles has brought into sharp focus the clear similarities between surface rock breakdown on Mars and Earth. The image pairs below illustrate these similarities,

www.psi.edu...

reply to post by Phage

Thanks for posting the link

I'm just happy Curiosity found Mars!

Gravel could come from any sort of rock and lots of ways to make it, probably lots of ways that we don't even know about yet.

Mars is an awesome planet. I have been fascinated with it since I was a kid! So these simple little tidbits of information like gravel mean a lot to me.

Can't wait until we get a lot more information from the new rover on well anything and everything it can tell us about Mars. AWESOME!

Mars : heat shield hits ground...

www.youtube.com...

Cool!
So we can make flint & steel now, right?