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What cause this little "explosion".
Drilling gone wild?
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1/24/2013 2:57:16 PM
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What cause this little "explosion".
- RobVG -
1/24/2013 2:54:47 AM
Why not a small meteor hitting it obliquely?
- bowser -
1/28/2013 5:04:59 AM
I believe that would be "meteorite" :)
- RobVG -
1/29/2013 1:58:35 AM
All of that is true, and I considered it carefully before making my reasoned post.
- bowser -
1/29/2013 2:13:55 AM
Well then, correct ye may be...
- RobVG -
1/29/2013 3:13:31 AM
a single outcrop is worth a thousand words, or more...
- podrock -
1/26/2013 1:56:10 AM
Mystery solved
- SteveS -
1/25/2013 3:08:47 PM
Re: What cause this little "explosion".
- TB -
1/24/2013 6:56:13 PM
A bigger picture
- Robert -
1/24/2013 5:59:53 PM
lower-left detail
- Robert -
1/24/2013 6:14:45 PM
Drilling gone wild?
- SteveS -
1/24/2013 2:57:16 PM
I dont know, It just looked mechanical to me and there doesn't appear to be any rover tracks or scratches
- RobVG -
1/24/2013 3:15:46 PM
Actually when I think about it
- SteveS -
1/24/2013 4:12:03 PM
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