New Bright Stuff, Paso Robles 2 |
New Bright Stuff, Paso Robles 2 |
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Looks like the new bright stuff churned up by Spirit has gotten the attention from the PI on Mount Itacha
![]() Spirit Front Hazcam Latest Steve update QUOTE So what is this new stuff (which we have named Arad)? The same kind of salt? Something different? Similar concentration or even saltier? It was too tempting a target to pass up, and we're going to spend the weekend doing IDD work on it before moving on.
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 ![]() |
You sure did! That's awesome, alan. There are even more differently colored materials here than I imagined. I'm almost tempted to comment on the composition of some of this stuff, but I know better. (Biting my tongue) Arad is a veritable rainbow of colors, though. I know these are still false color at this point, but the relative differences are relatively real, are they not? I'll go out on a limb here, and suggest this site has the broadest range of hues that we've yet seen in any Martian materials. Are there any other candidates?
I wish there would be more time for a detailed and systematic study of this site. edit: P.S. I think this is a Pandora's box. -------------------- ...Tom
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