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Scratch N Sniff The 'other' Rocks Time
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post Aug 12 2005, 12:59 PM
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I'm betting those dark crumbling rocks are the remnants of ejecta hurled from a crater (Victoria perhaps) made long after the lakebed dried up.
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post Aug 16 2005, 12:51 PM
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I don't think the MI is going to make much out of this and the clump of rocks is likely too small to get an accurate reading on with the other instruments. Maybe they should 'stomp' on them with the rover and try to shatter some or at least scrape them off.
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- Burmese   Scratch N Sniff The 'other' Rocks Time   Aug 12 2005, 12:59 PM
- - RNeuhaus   I think so. The outcrop stone and dark stone can...   Aug 12 2005, 03:02 PM
- - Myran   Im not so certain about that, Erberus do show dark...   Aug 12 2005, 03:28 PM
- - Bill Harris   There is no telling about the dark angular fragmen...   Aug 13 2005, 01:39 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Finally, an MI. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/ga...   Aug 13 2005, 04:59 AM
- - dvandorn   Maybe these dark rocks are fragments of what lies ...   Aug 13 2005, 08:25 AM
- - Burmese   In his latest update, Steve Squyres says they have...   Aug 15 2005, 12:36 PM
- - Burmese   http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...D4P29...   Aug 16 2005, 12:51 PM

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