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Just wanted to know if anybody out there noticed this wierd looking rock. I've emailed NASA to see if they noticed it and to ask if it is an "artifact" of the picture or a shadow. I also asked, if it really is a rectangular hole, how could it have been formed. I haven't received a reply yet.

If it is really is a hole in the rock, then hopefully this will be a target for the rover when it finally rolls onto the surface.

Let me know what you FReepers out there think.

1 posted on 01/08/2004 10:04:58 PM PST by Orion78

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450 posted on 01/19/2004 1:20:01 AM PST by Orion78 (Only a slave can work with no right to the product of his effort.)

"Rectangle Hole Rock" left in the dust?

NASA's Spirit rover has moved into position to do science work on the pyramid shaped rock named "Adirondack". This means that the Spirit rover has turned its back on the rock that appears to have a rectangle hole in its side. New pictures have been released for Sol 15, and the strange rock is visible in the latest rear Navcam images.

Is this the last time we will see "Rectangle Hole Rock"?

NASA has not updated either the JPL homepage or the MER homepage since Friday, so I cannot say for certain. It is highly possible that the Pancam images released on Sol 15 (See Update Post #369) are going to be the best quality photos taken of this intriguing rock. However, I do expect that "Rectangle Hole Rock" will remain visible in both the Pancam and Navcam images for some time to come because its proximity of the current target rock, "Adirondack".
The second of two chosen science targets, "Sashimi", is believed to be the large pillow shaped rock near "Rectangle Hole Rock" (aka "Sushi"?). However, until NASA releases some images or maps that show rocks with their respective names, I cannot be certain that I have correctly identified "Sashimi", "Sushi" and "Edimame", the trio of rocks scientists are calling the "Wasabe Feature". (See Update Post #326)
If I have indeed correctly identified the "Wasabe Feature", then we should be getting some very high quality up close pictures of "Rectangle Hole Rock" late this week when Spirit moves in to do science work on "Sashimi". If not, then "Rectangle Hole Rock" could indeed be left in the dust, and become a smaller and smaller object as Spirit moves to investigate "Sleepy Hollow" and then treks off toward the mountians to the east.

451 posted on 01/19/2004 1:20:06 AM PST by Orion78 (Only a slave can work with no right to the product of his effort.)

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If it is really a hole in the rock

Is there a cigar nearby with Clinton's fingerprints thereon?

464 posted on 01/19/2004 8:25:56 AM PST by thesummerwind (Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)

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471 posted on 01/19/2004 5:50:47 PM PST by Orion78 (Only a slave can work with no right to the product of his effort.)

It is official! NASA has released color photos on the MER homepage featuring the named rocks that were selected as possible science targets for the Spirit Rover. Now that it is official, I will no longer use the name "Rectangle Hole Rock" and will call the rock by its NASA given name "Sushi". So, without any further delay, may I present, "Adirondack", "Sashimi" and Sushi".

"Adirondack" (Click Image For Full Size)

"Sashimi" and "Sushi" (Click Image For Full Size)
After a Sunday drive, the rover arrived at the rock "Adirondack", where it will pause to find out what the rock is made of, perhaps as early as Wednesday. Scientists believe it is made of a volcanic rock called basalt. The rocks "Sashimi" and "Sushi" weren't chosen because they didn't have good surfaces for grinding using Spirit's RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool).

According to various news reports, once Spirit is done with "Adirondack", the rover should trundle off again to examine a second patch of fine-grained soil no more than a yard away. NASA has not specified if "Sashimi" and "Sushi" are still targets for Spirit.

472 posted on 01/19/2004 5:50:53 PM PST by Orion78 (Only a slave can work with no right to the product of his effort.)

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