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New pictures of the mysterious rock on Mars

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14 pointszsedbal11 comments

Why not link to the NASA page directly? I really don't see how the blog adds anything. Here it is with some high quality images: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/in...

Very little else has moved: it should therefore be simple enough to deduce which direction the rock came from?

Actually I can't immediately identify any other difference. Very weird!

I feel bad every time I click on blog spam links.

I usually go straight into comments to get a direct link to the story or a print page.

I don't see any new photos there.

these were posted today on the NASA site, so they're pretty fresh.

It’s a new before-after image, but it’s very similar to the old before-after image, for example: http://www.space.com/24330-mars-rover-mystery-rock-appears.h... There is no new information here.

Sol 3540 is January 8th, so these aren't newer than the old photos. Nice color, though.

There are two small very straight lines on the lower right of the object that hints that it's man-made. Really looks like something just fell off of the rover, rather than was knocked there from the ground nearby. There's almost no disturbance of anything else in that area which would be expected if that object rolled or was pushed there. Looks like it fell down on top.

or its from being run over by the rover

The NASA page has much better copy about the object:

    Much of the rock is bright-toned, nearly white. A 
    portion is deep red in color. Pinnacle Island may 
    have been flipped upside down when a wheel dislodged 
    it, providing an unusual circumstance for examining 
    the underside of a Martian rock.

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mer/rock-pinnacle-island-pia17761/in...

From this, I get the impression that the other rock you see in the photo is actually bright white as well, but is covered by red martian dust. This is probably the most interesting thing about the whole photograph.

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