At 23:00:57 UTC Mastcam Left captured beautiful photos of the inner rim of Gale Crater.From the blue sky to the greenish hills to the reddish ground in the foreground. Mars has recently passed the aphelion, which is the coldest period of the Martian year and probably also the period when the air is more transparent.We will see in a few months, when the ground temperature… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2612, Dec. 11, 2019
Clear signs of surface modeling due to water, minerals that form only in the presence of water, sub-surface deposits of huge amounts of water ice, RSL, clear indications of a global subterranean water system, underground lakes of liquid water, and here come these “hackneyed scientists” to deny it all???HOW SAD!!!But how can you publish such nonsense?WHAT A SHAME!!! This post has been automatically translated. See… Read More »Post from December 12, 2019
At 20:46:48 UTC the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) captured this close-up detail of a rock with interesting color characteristics.The photo was taken from a distance of 16.89 cm with a definition of 0.067 mm/pixel, thus covering an area of 10.74 cm X 7.97 cm.Rock formed mainly of conglomerates and chalk veins, indicating a sedimentary origin in an aqueous environment.If we exclude the areas covered… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2611, Dec. 10, 2019
At 21:52:53 UTC Mastcam Left captured these rocks with an incredibly complex surface and not at all eroded!Another example of rocks that should have had an extremely smooth surface and instead show a very high level of roughness, with almost “cauliflower” structures, as if they had been encrusted by something grown on their surfaces.Also note the streaks of color present on the ground, with the… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2609, Dec. 8, 2019
At 19:11:13 UTC Mastcam Right captured this beautiful ridge formed by stratified rocks rich in conglomerates of various sizes and shapes, against the background of a beautiful blue sky.Note the difference in color between the top and bottom of this small hill; it is clear that the reddish coloration of the top is mostly due to deposited dust.Also note the detail visible in the lower… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2606, Dec. 5, 2019
At 18:57:30 UTC the Mastcam Right captured this truly unique rock!Also this rock should be strongly eroded, instead it shows a crazy complexity of detail with very strange perfectly orthogonal intersections.I would really like to hear the opinion of a geologist who can explain to me how such morphologies can form; what geological phenomenon can create such a shape?The original image is a black and… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2606, Dec. 5, 2019
At 20:48:36 UTC Mastcam Left captured this decidedly blue-greenish patch of terrain and rocks with incredible richness of detail.These rocks should be heavily eroded and instead show a mind-blowing complexity of detail. I recommend looking at this photo in detail, perhaps downloading it, so you can better zoom in on the various details and fully appreciate them.The original image is a black and white encoding… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2604, Dec. 3, 2019
At 19:56:17 UTC Mastcam Left captured this decidedly greenish portion of the terrain!In this case, the rocks seem to be sparsely affected by the greenish coloration, while the ground goes from brown to turquoise with areas that are also yellowish and green.If we analyze this photo closely, we can see that the greenish material is only present on the surface of this small dune and… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2602, Dec. 1, 2019
At 11:52:35 UTC Mastcam Right captured these beautiful little hills here and there tinged with greenish spots and a clear blue sky.You can see an abundance of these greenish spots just about everywhere, on the rocks as well as on the sand. In particular, if you look at the slabs of rock visible in the background at the top right, you will notice how these… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2597, Nov. 26, 2019
At 11:47:35 UTC Mastcam Right captured this beautiful layered knoll with a clear blue sky.A nice variety of colors, from reddish rocks to rocks tending to blue, from lighter to darker.Curiosity is analyzing more and more closely this rock formation that from a distance showed interesting variations in color and albedo.I hope to be able to document these color variations also with closer photos like… Read More »Curiosity Sol 2597, Nov. 26, 2019