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What's causing the fracturing?

RobVG — 10/23/2012 12:34:42 AM (archived)

Wouldn't something like this, a broken stationary rock, be caused by freezing water on Earth?

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/00014/opgs/edr/ccam/CR0_398737757EDR_F0030004CCAM04014M_-br.jpg

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The whole thread (13 posts)

NEW shiny object on Mars - BuckGalaxy - 10/21/2012 9:16:21 PM
- Cleavage? - podrock - 10/21/2012 11:44:30 PM
  - What's causing the fracturing? - RobVG - 10/23/2012 12:34:42 AM
    - There are many types of mechanical weathering. - podrock - 10/23/2012 3:20:46 AM
      - Strange example - RobVG - 10/25/2012 1:14:24 AM
  - Is this concoidal fracturing? - RobVG - 10/22/2012 12:00:28 AM
    - sort of - podrock - 10/22/2012 12:26:07 AM
- Don't forget to check out the raw images at NASA's site - RobVG - 10/21/2012 11:01:27 PM
  - Images by Sol - RobVG - 10/21/2012 11:17:28 PM
- A cream-colored piece of brown stuff. - bowser - 10/21/2012 10:30:09 PM
- A diamond. - TB - 10/21/2012 9:20:37 PM
  - Well, if they are diamonds.... - Lindy - 10/22/2012 4:37:08 AM
  - A bone fragment - BuckGalaxy - 10/21/2012 9:42:16 PM

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