Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:20 AM
malaise (106,099 posts)
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars?
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/nasa-curiosity-rover-finds-flower-surface-mars-220649001.html <snip> NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’ Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken Kramer has assembled the Curiosity photographs, adding color to give a realistic view of what the rover is seeing on the planet’s surface. But what has really caught people’s attention is a raw image from NASA’s photo feed that one reader on Above Top Secret has called a “Martian flower.” On the posting, the commenter going by the name “Arken,” writes: “The Albedo (or Reflectivity of Sun Light) of this object is very high, and its translucent appearance, the irregular conformation (like pistils) and the 'texture' of its wider areas is smooth, and seem that it is ground attached. This is the SECOND TRANSLUCENT ANOMALY detected by Curiosity in Gale Crater.”
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 NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars? (Original post) |
malaise | Jan 2013 | OP |
| demwing | Jan 2013 | #1 | |
| Mariana | Jan 2013 | #14 | |
| Viva_La_Revolution | Jan 2013 | #16 | |
| NYC Liberal | Jan 2013 | #17 | |
| mmonk | Jan 2013 | #2 | |
| NRaleighLiberal | Jan 2013 | #3 | |
| Frustratedlady | Jan 2013 | #4 | |
| mmonk | Jan 2013 | #20 | |
| jpak | Jan 2013 | #5 | |
| malaise | Jan 2013 | #11 | |
| slackmaster | Jan 2013 | #6 | |
| Octafish | Jan 2013 | #13 | |
| rusty fender | Jan 2013 | #19 | |
| Nye Bevan | Jan 2013 | #7 | |
| WilliamPitt | Jan 2013 | #8 | |
| malaise | Jan 2013 | #10 | |
| loli phabay | Jan 2013 | #9 | |
| farminator3000 | Jan 2013 | #12 | |
| Recursion | Jan 2013 | #15 | |
| Posteritatis | Jan 2013 | #18 | |
| IDemo | Jan 2013 | #21 | |
| edbermac | Jan 2013 | #22 | |
| malaise | Jan 2013 | #24 | |
| greyl | Jan 2013 | #23 |
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:41 AM
demwing (10,983 posts)
1. looks like a rock to me, polished by erosion
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Last edited Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:43 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) as much as I want it to look like something alive, still looks like a smooth bit of rock.
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Response to demwing (Reply #1)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:38 PM
Mariana (2,368 posts)
14. Looks to me like a piece of quartz. nt.
Response to demwing (Reply #1)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:50 PM
NYC Liberal (15,600 posts)
17. I agree. But still looks cool.
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:49 AM
mmonk (47,307 posts)
2. A piece of cellophane some alien species left behind.
Response to mmonk (Reply #2)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 09:54 AM
NRaleighLiberal (28,647 posts)
3. one of the last twinkies wrappers...ever!
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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #3)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:09 AM
Frustratedlady (8,922 posts)
4. Bingo!
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:21 AM
5. It's obviously the nacreous layer of a Martian fossil sea shell
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I will name it Jpakus grandifolia
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Response to jpak (Reply #5)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:19 AM
malaise (106,099 posts)
11. Bwaaaaaaaaah -Jpakus grandifolia
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Response to slackmaster (Reply #6)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 01:58 PM
rusty fender (771 posts)
19. LOLOLOLOLOL!
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Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:24 AM
Nye Bevan (10,892 posts)
7. That's it! The switch that, when pushed, will oxygenate Mars' atmosphere! (nt)
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:25 AM
WilliamPitt (54,470 posts)
8. The Hamburger Helper guy
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Origins revealed.
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Response to WilliamPitt (Reply #8)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:18 AM
malaise (106,099 posts)
10. I thought it was a piece of Newt's trash
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Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 10:26 AM
9. looks like old dog poop. amazing find though.
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:28 PM
12. looks a little like a snapdragon...
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NBC’s Alan Boyle writes that he at first assumed the “flower” was actually just a piece of plastic that had fallen off the Curiosity rover. A similar event happened in October. So, Boyle reached out to NASA spokesman Guy Webster. Interestingly, Webster shot down the plastic theory, saying in response, "That appears to be part of the rock, not debris from the spacecraft."
On Wednesday, scientists announced that an ancient rock that traveled from Mars to Earth over 2 billion years ago appears to have interacted with water on the planet’s surface.   |
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:38 PM
Recursion (25,574 posts)
15. Looks like a flower of gypsum
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 01:39 PM
18. Seriously? Yahoo sucks enough, but Yahoo citing Above Top Secret is just silly. (nt)
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 02:43 PM
22. Martian weed?
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This shit is FAR OUT!
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Response to edbermac (Reply #22)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 02:55 PM
malaise (106,099 posts)
24. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Response to malaise (Original post)
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 02:47 PM
greyl (16,447 posts)
23. A stupid description from one poster on Above Top Secret?
