Numerous Mars “Rocks” Do Not Have Rock Textures.
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Wretch Fossil
Dec 29, 2012, 2:24:33 AM12/29/12
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Mars Exploration Rovers (Curiosity, Opportunity, Spirit) have sent
back numerous pictures of “rocks” that do not have the textures of
rocks. Two examples:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556630175&p=278
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556637597&p=280
Source of image:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0135MR0822007000E1_DXXX&s=135
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0132MH0163000000R0_DXXX&s=132
Reasons: One must consider an object’s texture, morphology, context
and microstructure before identifying it as a rock. Above two examples
are not any of very fine-grained rocks, glass, chert, clay rocks,
meteorites , impact melt, etc.
Read more at http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw
back numerous pictures of “rocks” that do not have the textures of
rocks. Two examples:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556630175&p=278
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556637597&p=280
Source of image:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0135MR0822007000E1_DXXX&s=135
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0132MH0163000000R0_DXXX&s=132
Reasons: One must consider an object’s texture, morphology, context
and microstructure before identifying it as a rock. Above two examples
are not any of very fine-grained rocks, glass, chert, clay rocks,
meteorites , impact melt, etc.
Read more at http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw
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