Bye Bye Blueberries |
Bye Bye Blueberries |
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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