At 03:00:20 UTC Mastcam Left captured this very colorful hillock of stratified rocks with a beautiful blue sky for background.
From “Mars red” to purple and from green to yellow, great color variations that denote a great variety in the chemical and physical characteristics of the rocks and the soil itself.
I hope that Curiosity can closely analyze the green spots visible even among the rocks in the foreground and can explain the nature of so many color variations.
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.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/02473/mcam/2473ML0131280030904167C00_DXXX.jpg
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