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Curiosity Sol 2780, June 1, 2020

By Marco De Marco / June 3, 2020

At 15:33:52 UTC the Mastcam Left recorded the traces impressed by one of the rover’s wheels, in a soil that is decidedly humid and therefore as plastic as modelling clay!Not only are the contours extraordinarily sharp, but even where the soil is rich in pebbles the compactness and cohesion can only be justified by the presence of water.Evidently, the large presence of moisture in the atmosphere visible in the photo of the previous Sol (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2974627562620417) is not a simple coincidence but a clear indication of the presence of water, water that is exchanged between the soil and the atmosphere as the temperature changes.The original image has undergone a reduction of noise 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/02780/mcam/2780ML0145550030606349E01_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Curiosity Sol 2779, May 31, 2020

By Marco De Marco / June 3, 2020

At 11:19:46 UTC the Mastcam Left took another picture of the inner rim of Gale crater, this time strongly veiled by a thick haze, about a month after the previous picture (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2905342732882234). To get a better idea of how much haze is really present, it is very useful to compare it with the image taken last January 16, in particularly good visibility conditions (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2668016023281574). Note also how in the upper edge of the hills in the distance you can see the whitish plumes that extend and fade upward, as if they were dense steam fumes, personally it is the first time I observe a similar phenomenon!To complete the picture of the situation I add that in the previous Sol (Sol 2779 at the time is not reported) the maximum ground temperature reached even +18 ° C (Sol 2772) and that this photo was taken at 12:13:13 LTST (Local True Solar Time), then at a time of day Martian where usually the morning haze should have dissolved.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/02779/mcam/2779ML0145530000606345C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Curiosity Sol 2769, May 21, 2020

By Marco De Marco / May 23, 2020

At 05:29:50 UTC the Mastcam Right again imaged the drilling called “Glasgow”.The comparison with the previous image of eight days ago is beyond reasonable doubt something of great interest (see https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306). Entire areas of rock have changed color from reddish to green!!!This is a clear variation of chrominance that is not attributable to differences (negligible) in the angle of incidence of sunlight, which at most can affect the brightness and / or color saturation but not the chrominance!!!On that rock we are observing something extraordinary, something that should be discussed in all scientific sites, sites that instead are silent.In years of scientific divulgation I should have got used to this “journalistic omertosity”, instead every time I live it as a stab at science, the real one, the one that should seek the truth without neglecting the slightest detail.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/02769/mcam/2769MR0145050001202096C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Curiosity Sol 2765, May 17, 2020

By Marco De Marco / May 18, 2020

At 02:23:12 UTC the Mastcam Right has taken a nice view of a typical Martian landscape.Pink hills, soil a little pink and a little brownish, stratified rocks of various sizes also mostly pink or brownish, except for some rocks tending to turquoise. I hope to revisit this shot taken in the next few days to observe any changes….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/02765/mcam/2765MR0144880081201960C00_DXXX.jpg This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. Direct comparison between two photos of the “Glasgow” hole, taken only four days apart.Part of the excavated material has collapsed conspicuously, a little towards the inner hole and a little outside. Some “lumps” have crumbled, while others have changed position.But the most curious aspect is the change of color, where everything seems to have been covered by a thin reddish layer, except for some rocks that have taken on a coloration decidedly tending to green.Note in fact how some surface “roughness” are less pronounced in the second image.I want to emphasize that both images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”: clues to microorganic life?

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. In front of the clues so striking, I really wonder if this can not be considered proof of the existence of life on Mars.In what other way is it possible to justify these changes of color occurred over a period of only seven days?Considering that the atmosphere is extremely rarefied and composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, why does the excavated material change color?I strongly encourage you to ask yourself these simple questions, perhaps asking them in turn to people you consider competent in the field, it is an insult to science to remain silent in front of such a fact!Share this video and make sure that it is talked about, otherwise it will pass in silence this time something that instead could be of great importance for those who study the possible presence of life on Mars!I want to reiterate that all three images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 Curiosity Sol 2761, May 13, 2020 at 01:39:59 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”: clues to microorganic life?

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. In front of the clues so striking, I really wonder if this can not be considered proof of the existence of life on Mars.In what other way is it possible to justify these changes of color occurred over a period of only seven days?Considering that the atmosphere is extremely rarefied and composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, why does the excavated material change color?I strongly encourage you to ask yourself these simple questions, perhaps asking them in turn to people you consider competent in the field, it is an insult to science to remain silent in front of such a fact!Share this video and make sure that it is talked about, otherwise it will pass in silence this time something that instead could be of great importance for those who study the possible presence of life on Mars!I want to reiterate that all three images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 Curiosity Sol 2761, May 13, 2020 at 01:39:59 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”: clues to microorganic life?

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. In front of the clues so striking, I really wonder if this can not be considered proof of the existence of life on Mars.In what other way is it possible to justify these changes of color occurred over a period of only seven days?Considering that the atmosphere is extremely rarefied and composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, why does the excavated material change color?I strongly encourage you to ask yourself these simple questions, perhaps asking them in turn to people you consider competent in the field, it is an insult to science to remain silent in front of such a fact!Share this video and make sure that it is talked about, otherwise it will pass in silence this time something that instead could be of great importance for those who study the possible presence of life on Mars!I want to reiterate that all three images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 Curiosity Sol 2761, May 13, 2020 at 01:39:59 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”: clues to microorganic life?

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. In front of the clues so striking, I really wonder if this can not be considered proof of the existence of life on Mars.In what other way is it possible to justify these changes of color occurred over a period of only seven days?Considering that the atmosphere is extremely rarefied and composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, why does the excavated material change color?I strongly encourage you to ask yourself these simple questions, perhaps asking them in turn to people you consider competent in the field, it is an insult to science to remain silent in front of such a fact!Share this video and make sure that it is talked about, otherwise it will pass in silence this time something that instead could be of great importance for those who study the possible presence of life on Mars!I want to reiterate that all three images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 Curiosity Sol 2761, May 13, 2020 at 01:39:59 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.

Variations of “Glasgow”: clues to microorganic life?

By Marco De Marco / May 16, 2020

Your browser does not support HTML video. In front of the clues so striking, I really wonder if this can not be considered proof of the existence of life on Mars.In what other way is it possible to justify these changes of color occurred over a period of only seven days?Considering that the atmosphere is extremely rarefied and composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, why does the excavated material change color?I strongly encourage you to ask yourself these simple questions, perhaps asking them in turn to people you consider competent in the field, it is an insult to science to remain silent in front of such a fact!Share this video and make sure that it is talked about, otherwise it will pass in silence this time something that instead could be of great importance for those who study the possible presence of life on Mars!I want to reiterate that all three images were taken with the same camera, in very similar lighting conditions and have undergone the exact same processing with the same parameters! Original posts of the individual photos: Curiosity Sol 2754, May 5, 2020 at 21:20:49 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2909969302419577 Curiosity Sol 2758, May 9, 2020 at 23:00:02 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2919094254840415 Curiosity Sol 2761, May 13, 2020 at 01:39:59 UTC https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/2924222010994306 This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.