At 19:00:14 UTC the Mastcam Right has taken this beautiful picture of some Martian rocks.
Layers on layers that time has partially fragmented, but that within them hide a rich history of water and perhaps not only …
You can also see whitish veins, probably limestone or chalk, clear evidence of the ancient presence of liquid water.
The original image is a black and white encoding of the Bayer mask that has been converted to color through a process called “debayering” or “demosaicing”. In addition, the photo has undergone noise reduction due to Jpeg compression, white balance and a slight increase in microcontrast and color saturation.
Original image: https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/02457/mcam/2457MR0130400001003944C00_DXXX.jpg
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