A rock on Mars as seen by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Looks like my Michepen pancakes on a Sunday morning.
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Earthquakes can be terrifying, but contemplating the quiet stillness of strange rocks on Mars can escape happiness. Especially when they look like earthworms like pancakes and drill bits.
Curiosity Nov. On the 3rd many scenes of a simple, shiny rock called. It is in good company with other small rocks that are sports with the same luster.
The big stone looks like a pair of pancakes, but keep in mind that these close-up images often look bigger than the small pebbles actually look like. (That’s one reason This strange little rock was seen in 2019 The robot had no legs.)
On Twitter, scientists are sharing and discussing some of the funny shaped rocks seen by Curiosity in recent days. Planetary scientist Emily Lakdawala retweeted the shiny rock shot With a Beautiful tribute poem (Inspired by Moana) About how it would have been “smoothed with sand”.
The rock – which one observer thought looked like melted chocolate ice cream – could be a “ventifact” that has been polished by wind and sand. Mars has an abundant supply in both.
Citizen scientist Kevin Gill, who has delivered many Stunning Curiosity Rover Selfies, Tweeted a collection of small rocks, one of which looks like a fun Phillips-head drill bit, which turns off the light from it.
“Nice Malais Curiosity to find the Phillips-head drill bit I lost a few months ago.” Gill said jokingly. Image uri kto. 30 comes from photos of Curiosity and was taken by a close-up chemchem tool.
This isn’t a Phillips-head drill bit on Mars, but it’s fun to do tend.
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Curiosity is exploring the area of ”wasteland,” according to the Rover Update Blog Post on Wednesday. The team’s main focus is to document the texture, relationships and chemistry of rocks, writes group geologist Lucy Thompson with the University of New Brunswick.
We should enjoy Mars images soon. NASA’s Perseverance Rover With the planned landing in February 2021, the journey to Mars is more than half. He will settle on a different part of the planet, but he is sure to find some fun rocks to captivate us during his adventures.
While Mars is currently a puck-free zone, it is a breeding ground for human imagination and Our ability to see familiar see objects in random shapes, A phenomenon called paradolia.
With a company called Elef Farms, there are already plans on how to supply Slaughterless steaks to future Mars astronauts, The dream of a real Pancakes on Mars came true one day. Don’t forget to pack maple syrup.
