At 13:46:08 UTC the Mastcam Right captured a rock with a very singular appearance.
Seen in small it looks a bit like a cornucopia shape, but of course when observed in detail is clearly a rock formed by small conglomerates.
Always note the variety of colors present on the ground….
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 in order to make the colors more similar to what the human eye would see.
Original image: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/02928/mcam/2928MR0152760001300806C00_DXXX.jpg
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