Curiosity: Potential Anomalies (Update 01/2014)

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yeah I noticed that with these too , why is the sand around them a darker shade , is it more saturated ?

pic sol532?

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The whole of everything seems saturated. The ones in the shot look like rover moved them, or drove over them. It is all just so cool!!

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yeah I noticed that with these too , why is the sand around them a darker shade , is it more saturated ?

I think it's because the undisturbed soil has not being "burned" by the Sun for thousands of years, like the surface has. We can also see that on Earth, when we break a rock the inside has stronger colours.

But it is sticking to the rover tires really a lot like moist. it makes me think of that old Moon photo where you could see drops of water hanging on the underside of a rock they lifted.

Well they say so themselves

If you heat up a cubic foot of Mars soil, you can harvest around two pints (one liter) of water. According to new data returned by NASA’s Curiosity rover, this isn’t just a one-off lucky find, either: It seems that most of the dirt on Mars harbors large amounts of water.

www.extremetech.com...

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I had that happen to a jar of jalapenos once , they turned albino in three weeks in the sun , still tasted good tho.

Humm you ate them, well that explains alot!

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aghh there the best , I could eat jars of them,,

so curiositys sits on the edge of the crest, hope its not all downhill hereon



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reply to post by symptomoftheuniverse

 

which one? , the anomaly with a lot of red in it ? monkeys splattered helmet?

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the bottom left square in your upper pic.

Another view of the wheel area from behind i think mars.jpl.nasa.gov... loads of anomolies
At 3 oclock theres a disc on its side with a cilinder protrusion. Curiosity seems to have missed a few things on its way past.

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reply to post by Char-Lee

 

aghh there the best , I could eat jars of them,,

so curiositys sits on the edge of the crest, hope its not all downhill hereon

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has anyone got a better image for the tentacle type alien thingymabob at around 10 in this image mars.jpl.nasa.gov...
I do hope the rover does not do a jade rabbit! Good luck rover

Char-Lee
But it is sticking to the rover tires really a lot like moist.

Apparently it sticks only to one side of those "walls" on the wheels' surface, if it was moist it would stick everywhere.

it makes me think of that old Moon photo where you could see drops of water hanging on the underside of a rock they lifted.

Drops of water? I don't remember seeing that, only glass "drops" created (supposedly) during the impact of a meteorite.

Well they say so themselves

The fact that it has water doesn't mean it's moist, I don't see any comparison with Earth values, for example.

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ahhhh , I see , next to Aleister's brick indent , side on , space monkeys ,

looks like you've found a great profile of blueit ridge, the ice-cream cone rock is unmistakable



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Char-Lee
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I had that happen to a jar of jalapenos once , they turned albino in three weeks in the sun , still tasted good tho.

Humm you ate them, well that explains alot!

could the white stuff be the same as the white stuff at 4 oclock in this image mars.jpl.nasa.gov...

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It sure looks like it. That means that the Rover's been hanging out within this tiny area of land for a couple of weeks now. It could have been halfway to Murray Buttes by this time. Snails pace is fine, but a snail would have crawled laps around this machine. What in the world (and by world, I mean Mars - haven't tired of saying that yet) was it waiting for.

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ahhhh , I see , next to Aleister's brick indent , side on , space monkeys ,

looks like you've found a great profile of blueit ridge, the ice-cream cone rock is unmistakable

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brilliant, just one complaint, you have covered up my 3 oclock engine part on its side! Can you move your zoom to 6 ish lol editi meant 9ish

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I think they have been having a real good look at thay area,mount sharp can wait.

symptomoftheuniverse
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I think they have been having a real good look at thay area,mount sharp can wait.

I agree, it's fine, but I'm projecting ahead, and if they stop everywhere for two weeks for a good look it'll be well past their estimate of getting to Murray Buttes by sometime in the summer. I guess it doesn't make a difference though, so, yeah, a tarry and snuggle up to a section of landscape is all good. It has been fun at this present spot, that's for sure.

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you mean this ? odd little clusters of white bits , certainly don't look good for picking



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im not sure but they did spend a while relaxing on the beach edge photographing newburys/blueberrys , maybe there upto making some martian jam

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Yeah funbox looks like something sneezed urrrgh,

Aleister ,theres nothing like a leisurely stroll, its not the destination,its the journey man
Lol

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Char-Lee
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I had that happen to a jar of jalapenos once , they turned albino in three weeks in the sun , still tasted good tho.

Humm you ate them, well that explains alot!

could the white stuff be the same as the white stuff at 4 oclock in this image mars.jpl.nasa.gov...

That looks like ice to me I don't think it is the same.

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which machine part ?



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reply to post by symptomoftheuniverse

 

you mean this ? odd little clusters of white bits , certainly don't look good for picking

reply to post by Aleister

 

im not sure but they did spend a while relaxing on the beach edge photographing newburys/blueberrys , maybe there upto making some martian jam

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edit on 4-2-2014 by funbox because: of sticky paws

edit on 4-2-2014 by funbox because: of,even more stickyness

I do hope they are not hurting anything or smushing any eggs.

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indeed , that would e terribly wastefull without some squished martian pigs and a loaf of bread or three ;P

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I haven't read the entire thread, but if it has not been mentioned, a lot of those pictures remind me of the dead "entombed by ash" figures at Pompeii. Not exactly, but similar. Sorry if I repeated something.