Hello! Wha' have we here?

Robert — 2/4/2004 3:47:34 AM (archived)

Six new images from Opportunity's Microscopic Imager released today. The two little Death Stars really caught my eye, and the word "microfossil" leapt spontaneously to my lips...though when my brain caught up it calmly reassured me that the two similar spheres are very likely just tiny droplets of molten rock splattered from some nearby meteor impact. Right?

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/m/010/1M129070954EFF0224P2933M2M1-BR.JPG

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Hello! Wha' have we here? - Robert - 2/4/2004 3:47:34 AM
- Aeolian abrasion can form spherical particles too. (n/t) - et - 2/4/2004 4:45:50 PM
- Can you produce an RGB color image? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 2/4/2004 4:34:32 PM
  - Nope, MI is monochrome - Robert - 2/4/2004 4:50:20 PM
- re: Hello! Wha' have we here? - dtb - 2/4/2004 6:52:57 AM
- Wouldn't it be funny if they find olivine mixed with hematite? (n/t) - Gary - 2/4/2004 5:44:21 AM
- Oops--link to full-size image - Robert - 2/4/2004 3:50:45 AM
  - Tsk tsk - Tony - 2/4/2004 4:07:59 AM

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