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Daniel Pomarède

A rather unusual rock encountered by Perseverance yesterday

Mar. 11, 2025 (Sol 1442)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

An ochre toned photography of Martian rocks. One rock at center, with different color and texture, stands out.
#Perseverance#WitchHazelHill#rover
Daniel Pomarède

Shocking Spherules!

Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres… and the team are now working hard to understand their origin.

science.nasa.gov/blog/shocking

This image from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, a fusion-processed SuperCam Remote Micro Imager (RMI) mosaic, shows part of the “St. Pauls Bay” target, acquired from the lower Witch Hazel Hill area of the Jezero crater rim. The image reveals hundreds of strange, spherical-shaped objects comprising the rock. Perseverance acquired this image on March 11, 2025, or sol 1442 — Martian day 1,442 of the Mars 2020 mission. NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP.
#Mars#Perseverance#WitchHazelHill
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Mike Tyka

@pomarede wow. Check out the context of this rock too

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