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Unusual 2-toned Rock
Canopus
post Jan 26 2006, 01:37 PM
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Photo taken a few days ago

That is a weird-looking one. Even its shape -- from this vantage point anyway.
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post Jan 29 2006, 01:25 AM
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But there's different rock from that area which does seem a little strange. How can such clearly defined coating form?

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/pa...F2P2352R1M1.JPG
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post Jan 29 2006, 09:54 AM
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QUOTE (jaywee @ Jan 29 2006, 01:25 AM)
But there's different rock from that area which does seem a little strange.


Again, it looks like a thousand chunks of rock we've seen - it's just that now they're being considered 'odd' because there is plenty of fluffy volcanic material around

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- Canopus   Unusual 2-toned Rock   Jan 26 2006, 01:37 PM
- - djellison   Looks very very similar to Humphrey rock which the...   Jan 26 2006, 01:54 PM
- - jaywee   But there's different rock from that area whic...   Jan 29 2006, 01:25 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (jaywee @ Jan 29 2006, 01:25 AM)But the...   Jan 29 2006, 09:54 AM
|- - Reckless   [quote=jaywee,Jan 29 2006, 02:25 AM] But there...   Jan 29 2006, 10:11 AM
- - Myran   QUOTE Reckless said: What turned it over is anothe...   Jan 30 2006, 12:13 PM
- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (Myran @ Jan 30 2006, 01:13 PM)The dune...   Jan 30 2006, 02:40 PM

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