4202 - Wheels crush small rock! Reveals light green crystals (de-Bayered R-MastCam) (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to c/curiosityrover@lemmy.world

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You can find this small rock on the sol 4200 post a few days ago.

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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They found green glowing rocks on mars? What is this, a 70's TV trope?

Awesome.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

So the coolest find was a coincidence 😉

[-] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Looks that way (IMHO) I believe it likely that they drove over there to investigate the step in the bedrock. We'll know more when they release the mission blog

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Small rock is dead. Long live smaller rocks!

Did they intentionally instruct the rover to crush the rock, or was this a result of autonomous navigation?

I wonder what the green crystals are. Malachite? Beryl? Olivine?

[-] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Not intentional (this time) but they have done that in the past (a long time back)

[-] deezbutts@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Fossilized Martian peen

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's Kryptonite. We know what happened to Superman in this dimension now.

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