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charborob

Sep 5 2012, 11:44 AM

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Sol 3063 navcam panorama:

Bill Harris View Member Profile	Sep 5 2012, 01:48 PM Post #47
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105	QUOTE (CR) It was discussed in a recent paper that I can't put my fingers on at the moment, but I will try to find it for you. It's a paper by Squyers, et al in Science, IIRC. I can't find it or the reference, tho I may stumble upon it at anytime. --Bill -------------------- Dawn-- Ceres Pluto Encounter Rosetta Mission

Jam Butty

Sep 5 2012, 05:19 PM

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Interesting stuff...
looks like there are some thin light colored veins running through the outcrop.

L2R2 flicker gif Sol 3062
Levels stretched to bring out the shadows,

For context its the rock in the top center of this image here...
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...LOP2407L2M1.JPG

serpens View Member Profile	Sep 5 2012, 11:05 PM Post #49
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1063 Joined: 17-February 09 Member No.: 4605	QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Sep 5 2012, 04:42 AM) It was discussed in a recent paper that I can't put my fingers on at the moment, but I will try to find it for you. The paper was 'Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars' Science 336, 570. 'Deadwood' appears to be material eroded from the Shoemaker breccia layer while this outcrop is something new. Is it possible that these are a deposit of (silicate?) impact lapilli - a remnant of the pre Endeavour environment which after all impacted into the ejecta blanket of Miyamoto (and sundry other craters)?

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Sep 5 2012, 11:15 PM

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Fascinating place...

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lyford View Member Profile	Sep 5 2012, 11:49 PM Post #51
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124	For some reason I am thinking of Wopmay.... -------------------- Lyford Rome "Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test

Tom Tamlyn View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 01:23 AM Post #52
Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424	I was looking forward to this month's Mars Exploration Rovers Update from the Planetary Society's Salley Rayl, which has become our main point of contact with the MER teams. I hope it's simply a little later than usual rather than discontinued. Emily?

elakdawalla View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 01:44 AM Post #53
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454	I was wondering too, and checked this morning. It's just running late. I'm not sure when we'll get it, but we'll get it! -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.

CosmicRocker View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 03:53 AM Post #54
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116	QUOTE (serpens @ Sep 5 2012, 05:05 PM) ... Is it possible that these are a deposit of (silicate?) impact lapilli - a remnant of the pre Endeavour environment which after all impacted into the ejecta blanket of Miyamoto (and sundry other craters)? I certainly couldn't dispute that hypothesis, given what we now know. -------------------- ...Tom I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast.

ilbasso View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 02:02 PM Post #55
Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103	QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 5 2012, 06:49 PM) For some reason I am thinking of Wopmay.... Funny coincidence! As I was doing the dishes last night, "Wopmay" suddenly came into my mind, and I was remembering the wonderful images as we sidled along Burns Cliff. Seems another lifetime ago... -------------------- Jonathan Ward Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com

TheAnt View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 03:39 PM Post #56
Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336	When I first did see these images I did indeed think it might be the actual edge for Endeavour crater. And made of material that were older than the impact that created Endeavour. And then reading here that this spot might be related to clays also, even better! Now that some of you say it might be blueberries here after all, I cannot get the ideas of what we got here to match with each other. Also I have to admit having a very limited knowledge in geology, I still had the notion that the phyllosilicate layers would not come with blueberries.

fredk View Member Profile	Sep 6 2012, 04:24 PM Post #57
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152	Well, the first MI's are down: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...2M1.JPG?sol3064 They are pretty spherical, but they seem to be embedded differently from what we've seen with blueberries...? And I don't recall seeing outcrops quite like these before: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...5M1.JPG?sol3064 I can't wait to see these in colour...

charborob

Sep 6 2012, 05:17 PM

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It really looks like we have two different units here: the dark-colored rock at bottom left and on the left, and the light-colored rock on the right and at upper right: