paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago4202 - Wheels crush small rock! Reveals light green crystals (de-Bayered R-MastCam)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1image4202 - Wheels crush small rock! Reveals light green crystals (de-Bayered R-MastCam)lemmy.worldpaulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 months agoSmall rock is dead. Long live smaller rocks! Did they intentionally instruct the rover to crush the rock, or was this a result of autonomous navigation? I wonder what the green crystals are. Malachite? Beryl? Olivine?
minus-squarepaulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNot intentional (this time) but they have done that in the past (a long time back)
minus-squaredeezbutts@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoFossilized Martian peen
Small rock is dead. Long live smaller rocks!
Did they intentionally instruct the rover to crush the rock, or was this a result of autonomous navigation?
I wonder what the green crystals are. Malachite? Beryl? Olivine?
Not intentional (this time) but they have done that in the past (a long time back)
Fossilized Martian peen