a martian oddbox

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interesting bun



http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/01290/mcam/1290MR0060820060700039E01_DXXX.jpg

certainly no lady though

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[ArMaP]

interesting bun

I was expecting you to sign as "bunfox". 

Meanwhile, this is the most recent photo of the "pyramid".


Also, a panorama I just made with the photos from sol 1282.
Sol 1282.

Edited to add a link to a white-balanced version of the panorama.
Sol 1282, white-balanced

Edited again to say that I only found now that there's a flaw in the panorama, but I'm not going to try to correct it.

[Dyna]

A bizarre marine microbe called Shewanella, for example, gets its metabolic energy by using "nanowires" that draw electrons directly from rocks.


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I was expecting you to sign as "bunfox". 

Meanwhile, this is the most recent photo of the "pyramid".


Also, a panorama I just made with the photos from sol 1282.
Sol 1282.

Edited to add a link to a white-balanced version of the panorama.
Sol 1282, white-balanced

Edited again to say that I only found now that there's a flaw in the panorama, but I'm not going to try to correct it.

ah well ArMaP , at least you didn't bastardize an original Raw photo, and it looks pretty good nevertheless

still not clear enough for Strata, extrapolation  I see

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A bizarre marine microbe called Shewanella, for example, gets its metabolic energy by using "nanowires" that draw electrons directly from rocks.


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reminds me of ole sluggy , and the rest of the rock feeders,, strange, haven't seen as many about of late

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[funbox]

small yet curious shadow and segmentation



http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/01294/mcam/1294ML0061470010405318E01_DXXX.jpg

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I think I've seen this on the mast cam too. Entrance filled with sand ?



http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01298/opgs/edr/ncam/NLB_512731520EDR_F0532980NCAM07753M_.JPG

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[ArMaP]

Another panorama, from sol 1302, and a better view of the "pyramids".

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Another panorama, from sol 1302, and a better view of the "pyramids".

conclusions>?

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[ArMaP]

conclusions>?

Not yet, but it looks more like a hill made from sedimentary layers.

[funbox]

have noticed the inconsistency in "layers" between *hillocks* , maybe this is the reason for your doubt ?

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[ArMaP]

The inconsistency in the layers is one of the things I find more interesting in that area, it makes me think that there was some force (marsquakes?) that bent and broke the layers.

My doubts come from lack of data, as usual.

[funbox]

The inconsistency in the layers is one of the things I find more interesting in that area, it makes me think that there was some force (marsquakes?) that bent and broke the layers.

My doubts come from lack of data, as usual.

are you having difficulty envisioning water cascading down them shallow hills, carving intricate canyons/islands, finally resting in a huge murky pool ?

me too

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[ArMaP]

are you having difficulty envisioning water cascading down them shallow hills, carving intricate canyons/islands, finally resting in a huge murky pool ?

A little, my biggest problem with that is where did all the water came from? In the ground it surely looks like water erosion, but when looking at Mount Sharp it looks different.

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A little, my biggest problem with that is where did all the water came from? In the ground it surely looks like water erosion, but when looking at Mount Sharp it looks different.

different in what way ?

not in a way that suggests the whole environment is one collaboration of inert materials that has somehow gained self awareness and is rapidly oozing it way over to the rover to add more inert materials to it's, already , hefty conglomeration ?

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