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What's that? New rock in Mars rover photos baffles scientists, fans
chron.com ^
| January 16, 2014
| Carol Christian |
Posted on 01/16/2014 6:44:06 PM PST by BenLurkin
Practically overnight, an unexplained piece of rock has shown up on photos from NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, according to the digital Russian TV network RT (Russia Today).
The rover hasn't moved in over a month, as it waits for better weather, but a photo taken on Sol 3540 (Jan. 8, or the 3,540th Martian solar day since the Opportunity rover landed) shows a rock that wasn't visible in previous photos taken on Sol 3536.
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Staffers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California who maintain the rover camera (pancam) database for NASA have named the rock Pinnacle Island.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa; opportunity; stevesquyres
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To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:08:59 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: BenLurkin
the Rover has moved since the first picture was taken
the solar panel is farther away from the three round rocks in the right side photo, but the article says it hasn't moved...
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:09:56 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: BenLurkin
It's there in the left image also, but you can hardly see it.
The angle and the light in the two images are different.
The rover must have moved and it's a different time of day.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:10:08 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: ifinnegan
Glad to hear that from someone LOL!
A close-up: 
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:10:32 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: JRandomFreeper
But he also said he saw the rock in both pics. I did too. Leading me to consider the kind of mind that spontaneously bursts out with “rock of phages” at the mere mention of bacteriological activity as an hypothesis for the rock that is not there then is.
/Lou
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:12:53 PM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: BenLurkin
If yo`ll zoom in just below the rock,
you can see a picture a man sticking his tongue out.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:13:24 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: Mannaggia l'America
Am I the only one that thinks of that thing every time I see a box of Hamburger Helper?
To: Louis Foxwell
Yeah... but I've got a gospel tune stuck in my head now...
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Lots can happen in 4 sols. Was it a holiday weekend?What happens on Mars, stays on Mars.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:16:13 PM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: BenLurkin
Actually it looks like its in the first photo as well. Look carefully and you see a mark in the same spot. Looks as though Photo 2 was taken at a different time of day and the shadows make it more 3 D.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:17:31 PM PST
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
To: Zeppo
What happens on Mars, stays on Mars. Then explain my 2nd grandson from my younger daughter.... Guy's gotta be from Mars.
/johnny
To: cripplecreek
windblown pumiceWould pumice form without water?
To: BenLurkin
Geez. It’s a piece of used foil.
To J Random...or Def Leppard.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:19:40 PM PST
by
KGeorge
(Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
To: BenLurkin
Why is a bacteria “life” on Mars (if indeed they can find one) but a heartbeat in a womb is nothing here on earth, worthy of an abortion.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:20:52 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
To: mrsmith
I have an almost identical piece of aluminum foil with bits of chicken stuck on it in my kitchen garbage at this moment.
Including the 'oops, no aluminum foil in the microwave' melting marks.
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
Sheila Jackson Lee wants to know where the American flag is that Neil Armstrong put there????
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:23:06 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a gopher hole to me...
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:24:28 PM PST
by
djf
(OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:24:42 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Kirkwood
Weeping angel?
Don't stop looking at it!!!
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:25:23 PM PST
by
Dubh_Ghlase
(Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
To: cripplecreek
It resembles a gemmae cup.
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posted on
01/16/2014 7:25:56 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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