[X] My Assistant

[CosmicRocker]

I noticed this anomalous feature in the sol 962 pancams from Cape Verde that came down today. I don't know exactly where it is in context, since it doesn't appear in any of the panoramas. A rover wheel is visible in the full sized image, so it is somewhere very near the rover's position at the time.

I have been staring at this darkly colored, circular patch with a very dark clast in its center for a quite a while, but I don't have a good explanation for what it could be. The dark circular part appears to be composed of a fine, granular sediment. I don't recall having seen anything similar to this before. It almost appears as if the dark central clast has somehow discolored the soil around it.

Who feels like speculating?

[CosmicRocker]

Yes, good work indeed, fredk. Thanks for the help identifying the location in the earlier navcam. That is proof that the feature was not there before the wheel passed. I thought it was strange that the pile of soil was so regular, has berries on top, and a bullseye at it's center. But you're right, in retrospect it would be more bizarre for it to be so close to the wheel if it wasn't caused by it. I suppose the scuffing activity could explain the berries on top, and perhaps some other characteristics.