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RobVG — 9/15/2012 11:46:19 PM (archived)

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Opportunity Discovers Little Martian Spheres That Don't Taste Like 'Blueberries' - Ainz - 9/15/2012 4:11:01 PM
- First guess: "oolites" - podrock - 9/16/2012 3:15:37 PM
  - Sort of like a pearl, but without the oyster? - Ainz - 9/17/2012 8:10:14 PM
- I will swear I've seen similar objects. - bowser - 9/15/2012 10:02:21 PM
  - Interesting. - RobVG - 9/15/2012 11:21:35 PM
    - On Earth, such spheres are normally formed by accretion in some kind of liquid environment. - TB - 9/16/2012 12:46:36 AM
      - I'd like to hear Pod's take on this too... - Ainz - 9/16/2012 12:13:29 PM
        
        I'll have to get back to y'all soon... - podrock - 9/16/2012 3:13:21 PM
        
        I've found that ethyl alcohol has an interesting effect on those processes. - alcaray - 9/16/2012 7:15:35 PM
      - It was just a wag but... - RobVG - 9/16/2012 2:24:45 AM
    - No shootdown-here. - ER - 9/15/2012 11:56:55 PM
    - Hailstones - RobVG - 9/15/2012 11:46:19 PM
- Thanks Ainz - RobVG - 9/15/2012 5:18:52 PM

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