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post Oct 24 2005, 03:25 PM
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According to Steve Squyres' latest journal entry, Opportunity is now seeing virtually -no- blueberries in the surface matrix anymore.

"...On top of that, Opportunity has stumbled onto something really new and different lately... the blueberries seem to be gone!..."

And a theory:

"But one possible guess at this point is that we have moved "up section" in geologic terms -- to rocks that are higher up in this stack of layered sediments -- and that the rocks at this level never experienced the concretion-forming process. It's an interesting hypothesis with interesting implications, and it's also one that could explain a few other odd things we've been thinking about ever since Eagle crater"

Looks like Oppy will stop for some intense IDD work in the next day or so.
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- Burmese   Bye Bye Blueberries   Oct 24 2005, 03:25 PM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Burmese @ Oct 24 2005, 05:25 PM)Looks ...   Oct 24 2005, 03:37 PM
- - Tman   Wow, it seems Erebus as the (maybe) highest place ...   Oct 24 2005, 04:01 PM
|- - paxdan   I wonder if there is a correlation between the lac...   Oct 24 2005, 05:07 PM
|- - Richard Trigaux   QUOTE (paxdan @ Oct 24 2005, 05:07 PM)I wonde...   Oct 24 2005, 06:37 PM
- - Bill Harris   Hmm, one gets so accustomed to seeing blueberries ...   Oct 24 2005, 06:55 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Wow, that took me by surprise, too. I looked back...   Oct 25 2005, 05:59 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 25 2005, 05:59 AM)A...   Oct 25 2005, 07:43 PM
- - Bill Harris   You-gottit, CR. I'd guess that this contact w...   Oct 25 2005, 09:11 AM
- - CosmicRocker   No doubt about it, the sol 617/618 outcrops were e...   Oct 25 2005, 07:37 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 25 2005, 07:37 PM)N...   Oct 25 2005, 07:49 PM
- - Burmese   One would think that the science team would -reall...   Oct 25 2005, 08:17 PM
- - Bill Harris   This area of the north rim of Erebus is darn inter...   Oct 26 2005, 01:11 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 25 2005, 01:49 PM)Pe...   Oct 26 2005, 04:21 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   As far as I'm concerned, the single most intri...   Oct 26 2005, 06:08 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Oct 26 2005, 01:08 AM).....   Oct 26 2005, 06:08 PM
- - Bill Harris   Erebus may be up section, but OTOH, it may be down...   Oct 26 2005, 08:21 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 26 2005, 10:21 AM)Da...   Oct 26 2005, 08:53 AM
- - Myran   Thank you for posting that information BruceMoomaw...   Oct 26 2005, 04:31 PM
- - TheChemist   Here is an article that explains how organics can ...   Oct 26 2005, 08:58 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Organic matter certainly could create locally redu...   Oct 27 2005, 04:24 AM
|- - TheChemist   CR, I agree that organics do not appear to be nece...   Oct 27 2005, 10:46 AM
- - jvandriel   A panoramic view of bedrock and Blueberries around...   Oct 27 2005, 10:32 AM
- - RNeuhaus   TheChemist and CR: Your comments are very interest...   Oct 27 2005, 02:10 PM
- - Bill Harris   CR makes a good point and it is a plausible explan...   Oct 28 2005, 10:51 AM
- - CosmicRocker   I don't know, Bill. It really is curious that...   Oct 29 2005, 05:52 AM
- - Bill Harris   I don't think that this is A Great Conspiracy ...   Oct 29 2005, 02:36 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I wasn't implying any kind of conspiracy, Bill...   Oct 30 2005, 06:32 PM
- - Phil Stooke   CosmicRocker said: "All I can guess is that ...   Oct 30 2005, 06:48 PM
- - Bill Harris   I wasn't seriously thinking anything conspirat...   Oct 30 2005, 11:14 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 30 2005, 11:14 PM)Or...   Oct 30 2005, 11:22 PM
- - CosmicRocker   You're absolutely correct, Phil. It could ver...   Oct 31 2005, 06:15 AM


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