This FReeper would direct the reader to view these two pieces of photographic evidence suggesting that the rocks presently under examination by Opportunity included a liquid process (not necessairily H2O) in their formation.
Notice the center of the fractured "spherule" . . . the dark central spot . . .
Secondly, notice the hint of hexagonal structure in this spherule stereo 3-d . . .
1 posted on
02/24/2004 4:52:20 PM PST by
Phil V.
To: zeugma; xm177e2; XBob; wirestripper; whattajoke; vp_cal; VOR78; Virginia-American; ...
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2 posted on
02/24/2004 4:53:17 PM PST by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
Great pictures!
4 posted on
02/24/2004 5:05:18 PM PST by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: Phil V.
The rover has been doing a lot of science work at night, and the season on Mars is changing to winter, so the rover has less energy to work with than it did earlier in the mission. The martian days are getting shorter and the sun angle is not allowing either rover to power up the solar panels as much as in the past. It sure would have been nice if someone at NASA would have had the foresight to put RTGs on these things instead of these lousy, clunky solar panels. That's one thing you have to say about those nuclear power sources, they keep on cranking out the juice, night or day, winter, spring, summer, or fall.
7 posted on
02/24/2004 5:14:12 PM PST by
chimera
To: Phil V.
The "fractured spherule", circa 10,000,000 BCE...
10 posted on
02/24/2004 5:21:07 PM PST by
mikrofon
(Love the Mars updates -- keep 'em comin'!)
To: Phil V.
Thank you again.
11 posted on
02/24/2004 5:25:43 PM PST by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: Phil V.
Phil, I noticed there were 8 pairs of images taken of that hexagon-spherule. Looks like it has attracted some interest at JPL....
13 posted on
02/24/2004 5:36:18 PM PST by
Paradox
(Cogito ergo moon.)
To: Phil V.
That ball looks like it might have a second "peach line", at about the 4 o' clock position.
57 posted on
02/25/2004 12:13:45 AM PST by
Don Joe
(We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
To: Phil V.
Spirit woke up to Vangelis’ "Chariots of Fire." Am I the only one here that thinks it's more than a little strange to play wake up music to a computer?
63 posted on
02/25/2004 3:10:42 AM PST by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
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