Anonymous Coward User ID: 31889572 Netherlands 01/17/2013 04:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mars Flower Photo Puzzles Scientists An odd flower-like feature spotted on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover continues to perplex researchers, who nevertheless stress that its origins are not biological. The object garnered a lot of attention after Curiosity photographed it last month, with many Internet users quickly dubbing it the "Mars flower." The feature is actually a rounded, light-colored pebble slightly larger than a grain of sand, but determining its precise mineralogical makeup would require more information, researchers said. "It could be a lot of things, but without some chemical information to back me up, I'd really hesitate to say what it is," Aileen Yingst, of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz., told reporters today Via, [ link to news.yahoo.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31938047 United States 01/17/2013 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mars Flower Photo Puzzles Scientists That doesnt look like a flower, and that is a small pool of water. It looks like a shiny fish. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 13686909 United States 01/17/2013 04:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mars Flower Photo Puzzles Scientists is that it? It look like a rock. |