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NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars' History
NASA ^ | September 10, 2021

Posted on 09/10/2021 12:12:36 PM PDT by Ezekiel

Image taken by Perseverance with two holes where the rover's drill obtained chalk-size samples from rock nicknamed

'Rochette' After Perseverance Sampling: This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Sept. 7, 2021, PDT (Sept. 8, EDT),
shows two holes where the rover's drill obtained chalk-size samples from rock nicknamed "Rochette."
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image & caption ›

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. After collecting its first sample, named “Montdenier,” Sept. 6, the team collected a second, “Montagnac,” from the same rock Sept. 8.

Analysis of the rocks from which the Montdenier and Montagnac samples were taken and from the rover’s previous sampling attempt may help the science team piece together the timeline of the area’s past, which was marked by volcanic activity and periods of persistent water.

*snip*

What’s more, salts have been spied within these rocks. These salts may have formed when groundwater flowed through and altered the original minerals in the rock, or more likely when liquid water evaporated, leaving the salts. The salt minerals in these first two rock cores may also have trapped tiny bubbles of ancient Martian water. If present, they could serve as microscopic time capsules, offering clues about the ancient climate and habitability of Mars. Salt minerals are also well-known on Earth for their ability to preserve signs of ancient life.

The Perseverance science team already knew a lake once filled the crater; for how long has been more uncertain. The scientists couldn’t dismiss the possibility that Jezero’s lake was a “flash in the pan”: Floodwaters could have rapidly filled the impact crater and dried up in the space of 50 years, for example.

(Excerpt) Read more at mars.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ingenuity; mars; mars2020; marshelicopter; perseverance
The New Face on Mars:

 

"A round spot where the rover abraded part of the rock's surface, nicknamed "Bellegarde," is visible under the hole on the right.
Tailings (or cuttings) from the Montdenier coring activity slid over Bellegarde."

1 posted on 09/10/2021 12:12:36 PM PDT by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel

Everywhere you look in this universe you see gas and rocks and stuff on fire.


2 posted on 09/10/2021 12:15:56 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6; null and void; Daffynition
Everywhere you look in this universe you see gas and rocks and stuff on fire.

That might explain Rochette's expression. :-O

3 posted on 09/10/2021 12:22:39 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: blueunicorn6
Mars will more than likely prove to be a planet identical or similar to Earth without the sun, and oxygenated life.

I suspect this report doesn't tell us it's New Hampshire Granite because that would blow their whole anti God/Creation bubble.

4 posted on 09/10/2021 12:22:57 PM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: blueunicorn6

If you look at the emblem on the lower left part of the picture and on top of the Rover you can see a partial swastika. RACISM! Even on Mars! We’re spreading racial oppression to Mars!


5 posted on 09/10/2021 1:29:42 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Ah, yes. See pic in post # 1...


6 posted on 09/10/2021 1:30:40 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Ezekiel
I got this...

It's pentagrams... or fractals. Either one.

7 posted on 09/10/2021 2:35:04 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: knarf
Even OMOTM collapsed.


8 posted on 09/10/2021 2:39:36 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition; null and void; Phinneous; SJackson; cyn; JAG 5000
Here's the sunniest post of the day:

By the start of October, all Mars missions will be standing down from commanding their spacecraft for several weeks, a protective measure during a period called Mars solar conjunction. Perseverance isn’t likely to drill in South Séítah until sometime after that period.

Well, the first light in America only rises first on Mars Hill through September 18th.

Gotta luv JaPUNese:

"Dreamer"

ドリーマー

Dorīmā

Though considered a toy by some, Daruma has a design that is rich in symbolism and is regarded more as a talisman of good luck to the Japanese. Daruma dolls are seen as a symbol of perseverance and good luck, making them a popular gift of encouragement.

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When purchased, the figure's eyes are both blank white. A user will then select a goal or wish and paint in the left eye of the figure's two eyes with Chinese or Japanese ink. Once the desired goal is achieved, the right eye is filled in.[1]

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Darumas are still usually made of papier-mâché, have a round shape, are hollow and weighted at the bottom so that they will always return to an upright position when tilted over. In Japanese, a roly-poly toy is called okiagari, meaning to get up (oki) and arise (agari). This characteristic has come to symbolize the ability to have success, overcome adversity, and recover from misfortune.[6] In Japanese popular culture on cards, banners and books, Daruma is often illustrated alongside the phrase "Nanakorobi Yaoki" (七転八起), translated to mean "seven times down, eight times up".

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The eyes of Daruma are often blank when sold. Monte A. Greer, author of Daruma Eyes, described the "oversized symmetrical round blank white eyes" as a means to keep track of goals or big tasks and motivate them to work to the finish. The recipient of the doll fills in one eye upon setting the goal, then the other upon fulfilling it. In this way, every time they see the one-eyed Daruma, they recall the goal. One explanation how this custom started says that in order to motivate Daruma-san to grant your wish, you promise to give him full sight once the goal is accomplished. This practice might also have something to do with the "enlightenment", the ideal attainment of Buddhism. This custom has led to a phrase in Japanese translated as "Both Eyes Open". Referring to "opening" the second eye, it expresses the realization of a goal.[14] Traditionally, the Daruma was purchased as a household item, and only the head of the household would paint in the eyes.[15]

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Daruma dolls also come in the form of Princess Daruma (姫だるま, hime daruma) and Lady Daruma (女だるま, onna daruma). This contrasts greatly with traditional representations of Dharma, who, accredited as the father of many martial arts, has traditionally been depicted as very masculine with rough facial hair.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll

Funny, I was about to hit "post" when Roberta Flack suddenly came over the portable radio in the window with a still small voice from the past:

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes

And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies, my love
To the dark and the endless skies...

Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1972

Released March 7, 1972

Which reminds me of the Girl

Made In Japan - Buck Owens

Released April 3, 1972
(and then Ingenuity was born on that date 49 years later in 2021, from the belly of Perseverance)

Who is the Girl Made in Japan? Because Shekina bright.

ェキナ

Shekina

See how her name starts right off with a smile?

Her smiling eyes always seemed to try to understand
All the love in my heart for the girl made in Japan

Just more Goroawase, because besides written characters reading in multiple ways, it's the sun and the entire universe:

 

Nihon: "Origin of the Sun", Land of the Rising Sun, and a "Sol" is the name of a Mars-Day.

In case anyone might want to link this back up to word plays on the rock named Rochette (Rochelle, Rachel):

The first eye is named Montdenier. The second, Montagnac. And the title says that "NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars' History".

AGNAC DENIER <---> A GRANDNIECE.

Makes sense. In the Jewish traditions Rachel's grandniece is Osnat, the daughter "from Dinah", Me-dina.

There's all that stuff about how Joseph recognized her true royal genealogy.

traditional representations of Dharma, who, accredited as the father of many martial arts, has traditionally been depicted as very masculine with rough facial hair.

AGNAC DENIER <---> NICER AGENDA

:)

Head for the sunny side!

It's a weird little world out there..

9 posted on 09/10/2021 2:48:48 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: Ezekiel

These are stone tools. Just ask Richard Hoagland. He has been correct ... not once.


10 posted on 09/10/2021 2:56:52 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Daffynition
I'm a native Bawstonian and I remember that.

I actually felt bad about it, too

11 posted on 09/10/2021 3:23:41 PM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: Daffynition; null and void; Phinneous; SJackson; cyn; JAG 5000

I should have polished up the previous post with this word from Judith, from Down Under (AU was named for the dawn, and I'm going for the gold):

Keep a dream in your pocket and a song in your heart
Keep the lamp of your learning burning bright
Keep your eye on your horizon and a smile on your face
As you travel down the highway of your life.

Don't listen to those voices that say it can't be done
They build walls where there was never one before.
No, there's nothing that can stop you, nothing that can drag you down
If you keep looking for that ever-open door..

So if you follow your dream to the end of the road
Taking care not to let if fade away (not fade away)
If you follow your dream and you follow it well
It will lead you to the promise of a bright shiny day.

Seekers - Keep A Dream In Your Pocket Extended Fan Version

As long as I'm at it, perhaps you might wonder how I know that Percy is Irish. He doesn't have an Irish name.

Simple. He's a member of the itinerant band of "little green men". You know how it goes. Happens all the time -- some drop out, and new ones join up. NASAs got maps of their locations and wanderings.

"A long time ago..."

Now God seen some sinnin' and it gave Him pain
And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "Hey, Brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo"

Check out the cast of characters that God told Noah to round up two by two:

"And take some of them green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget my unicorn"

The Irish Rovers -The Unicorn Song

Sound like a bunch of wild 'Mercans. A floating zoo in the middle of the seas. Then just great, everybody is desperate to pile on before it's too late.

Operating on 300 [= רוח אלהים] kc (starting at min 4:50):

Now your not going to find them easy to follow. They're not using normal procedures. They're using some kind of code.

What kind of code?

Well there's words like bank heist, crapgame, Big Joe, Little Joe...

Anyway... if those scholars really believed that the "long lost" unicorn is some kind of wild ox, why didn't they go to the ox crossing?

It's all very simple.

The Messiah - Salabue Stradivarius of 1716 is a violin made by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is considered to be the only Stradivarius in existence in as new state.[1] It is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.

The violin, known as the Messiah (Messie in French), remained in Stradivari's workshop until his death in 1737.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_Stradivarius

The Ashmolean Museum was built to house the "cabinet of curiosities" of the man named...

Elias.

In modern times, a violin, or fiddle -- depending on who gets a hold of it -- is in Hebrew a "kinnor", same as the name of the instrument that David played.

David was a skilled player on his kinnor, his harp. He never left home without it, because like it is in any garden, all the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.

SOw welL!

John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy

DAVID Seeds - An American Original.

2 Samuel 5

12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

Yet,

Dharma... has traditionally been depicted as very masculine with rough facial hair.

From the album cover, I can see plainly that the Rovers already took care of that detail. ;)

Strangest thing... the wikipedia page for red hair used to have a representative "red-haired man", but he went missing a while back. I really wanted to find him because he looked so much like the bearded Rover depicted above. I bounced around several pages in different languages, but I didn't find him until I clicked on the Japanese page. Sheesh I should have known that's where he's be hanging out, with the red sun, the Mars Sol:


12 posted on 09/10/2021 6:31:41 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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