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[glennwsmith]

I am a newcomer to this site, so please bear with me.

From today's (Sol 460) rear Hazcam views, it appears that Spirit has driven onto strata which looks remarkably like the "blueberry"-strewen Meridiani plain!!!

This is confirmed by the 4 Pancam views, which also seem to show the blueberries, as well as the same finely-layered, blueberry-filled rock found everywhere on Meridiani.

There's a lot more that could be said about the implications of this, if true, but I would first like to know if anyone else has the same reaction to these photos as myself.

Glenn

[glennwsmith]

Gentlemen,

It seems that interest in the stratigraphy of the Larry's Lookout/Methusaleh area is heating up.

I refer to an article just posted at www.universetoday.com (excerpt included):

HAS SPIRIT FOUND BEDROCK IN COLUMBIA HILLS?

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/sp...ia.html?2642005

"Crumpler says they are seeing evidence of finely bedded materials in the rocks, with very fine laminations that signify bedded, sediment-like materials. 'This all indicates that we’re not just looking at volcanic rocks or old broken up rocks, but there is some sort of organized layering,' he said. 'We’re going to do a full scale campaign to try to understand all of these things.' Although the MER science team still has a plethora of unanswered questions about this area of the Columbia Hills, from the evidence so far, water is likely to be at least part of the final equation."

As the starter of this topic I may be prejudiced, but there also seems to be the unspoken implication in the article that the Larry's Lookout/Methusaleh stratigraphy is remeniscent of Meridiani . . .

Glenn