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Checking Out The Rind

mhoward View Member Profile	Aug 17 2005, 06:10 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98	Bunch of MI's of the "rind" (mentioned in Steve Squyres' latest mission update), I believe, starting with this one: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...DIP2956M2M1.JPG Forward hazcam: http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...DIP1110L0M1.JPG

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CosmicRocker

Sep 6 2005, 03:21 AM

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I noticed another anomalous feature from the Sol 574 pancams. There is a fairly steep, elevated segment of blueberries. If this is a windblown ripple it sure is a strange one. It seems to be too rounded in vertical profile. I'm attaching an anaglyph and a cropped false color composit from MMB. The anaglyph is particularly intriguing, since the sides of this thing appear to be almost vertical.

I wonder if this could be caused by one of those vertically extending pieces of rind we have seen along some of the rock edges, but in this case perhaps the blueberries have been cemented onto it. I'm not very satisfied with that hypothesis, since I haven't seen any prior examples of berries being cemented after being eroded from the parent rock. Anyone have a better explanation?

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...Tom

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mhoward Checking Out The Rind Aug 17 2005, 06:10 PM

mhoward The area being checked out is to the left of this ... Aug 17 2005, 06:17 PM

mike I wager that Mars has had a more interesting histo... Aug 17 2005, 07:14 PM

RedSky QUOTE (mike @ Aug 17 2005, 02:14 PM)As the su... Aug 17 2005, 08:36 PM

Sunspot I'm assuming this area has had the RAT Brush a... Aug 17 2005, 08:40 PM

um3k QUOTE (Sunspot @ Aug 17 2005, 04:40 PM)I... Aug 17 2005, 09:27 PM

atomoid QUOTE (Sunspot @ Aug 17 2005, 08:40 PM)I... Aug 18 2005, 12:31 AM

Bill Harris We're starting to see some interesting things ... Aug 19 2005, 02:20 PM

abalone Where have all the blueberries go, seems to be onl... Aug 20 2005, 10:50 PM

slinted Here's a falsecolor view on the double RAT act... Aug 26 2005, 05:25 AM

CosmicRocker Excellent image, slinted. This is getting interes... Aug 26 2005, 07:20 AM

stevo QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 26 2005, 02:20 AM)H... Aug 26 2005, 05:09 PM

Bob Shaw QUOTE (stevo @ Aug 26 2005, 06:09 PM)We proba... Sep 1 2005, 09:04 PM

David In the news conference, Steve Squyres has said tha... Sep 1 2005, 05:34 PM

stevo QUOTE (David @ Sep 1 2005, 12:34 PM)In the ne... Sep 1 2005, 05:56 PM

stevo QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Sep 1 2005, 04:04 PM)Stevo:... Sep 1 2005, 10:22 PM

Bill Harris Here is an interesting rind which appears to be di... Sep 5 2005, 08:38 PM

Myran QUOTE Bill Harris said: The "Bugs and Buds... Sep 5 2005, 09:34 PM

Bill Harris No, a hedgehog would be too sane and rational. ... Sep 5 2005, 09:39 PM

RNeuhaus QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Sep 5 2005, 04:39 PM)I... Sep 6 2005, 03:56 PM

CosmicRocker I see what you mean. At first it almost resembled... Sep 6 2005, 02:20 AM

CosmicRocker I noticed another anomalous feature from the Sol 5... Sep 6 2005, 03:21 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE At first it almost resembled a fossil skull.... Sep 6 2005, 09:48 AM

Bill Harris Here is a Rear Hazcam of the Sol574 "wrinkled... Sep 7 2005, 12:34 PM

CosmicRocker Thanks, Bill. I missed the hazcam images. It doe... Sep 8 2005, 04:42 AM

alan Now that looks odd http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mar... Sep 9 2005, 09:54 PM

Bob Shaw QUOTE (alan @ Sep 9 2005, 10:54 PM)Now that l... Sep 9 2005, 10:31 PM

David QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Sep 9 2005, 10:31 PM)Alan: ... Sep 9 2005, 10:45 PM

Bill Harris I saw that and said "Hmmmm... odd". And... Sep 9 2005, 10:59 PM

stevo I think you're right, she drove over a rock an... Sep 9 2005, 11:18 PM

RNeuhaus QUOTE (stevo @ Sep 9 2005, 06:18 PM)IThat roc... Sep 10 2005, 02:37 AM

Bill Harris Remember, Oppy's right wheel has the bad steer... Sep 10 2005, 03:21 AM

hank http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...84P22... Sep 12 2005, 10:01 AM

Bill Harris http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...topic... Sep 12 2005, 10:54 AM

stevo Can someone explain this one ? http://qt.explorato... Sep 23 2005, 02:18 PM

SigurRosFan Airbag mark ... that image is 19 months (or so) ol... Sep 23 2005, 02:24 PM

mhoward The image is from Sol 3. The real mystery is why i... Sep 23 2005, 02:29 PM

dilo Great stratigraphy for the weekend! http:/... Sep 23 2005, 04:35 PM

dilo 3D crossed-eyes/anaglyph versions. The big BB i... Sep 23 2005, 04:50 PM

tty QUOTE (dilo @ Sep 23 2005, 06:35 PM)Great str... Sep 23 2005, 05:51 PM

Bob Shaw QUOTE (tty @ Sep 23 2005, 06:51 PM)The layers... Sep 23 2005, 08:10 PM

stevo Ah, I wondered about that. Not so far off a beach... Sep 23 2005, 02:29 PM

Tesheiner Yesterday, a lot of pictures part of the "mis... Sep 23 2005, 02:29 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Sep 23 2005, 02:29 PM)Yest... Sep 23 2005, 05:00 PM

mike Most of these old images had pieces missing, so I ... Sep 23 2005, 05:07 PM

SigurRosFan Wow! New stunning image from Oppy! Grea... Sep 23 2005, 05:36 PM

mike Hmm, thinking more about the missing areas on the ... Sep 23 2005, 07:29 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (mike @ Sep 23 2005, 09:29 PM)Hmm, thin... Sep 23 2005, 08:44 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE Great finding, Dilo!! And new stran... Sep 23 2005, 09:42 PM

SigurRosFan Steve Squyres Update: September 23 http://athena... Sep 23 2005, 10:17 PM

Joffan "cut straight across"... my first reacti... Sep 23 2005, 11:09 PM

Of counsel Hmm . . . I'm not finding the new Steve Squyr... Sep 23 2005, 11:46 PM

alan sometimes using this version of the link helps htt... Sep 24 2005, 03:13 AM

dvandorn One the negative side, these rocks are all jumbled... Sep 24 2005, 08:04 AM

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