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SOL0037MR0156001000E1_DXXX.jpgExtremely unusually-looking Rock: "Mid-Air" - Sol 37 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Research: Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team/Italian Planetary Foundation)118 visiteTanto affascinante, la "postura" di questo "sasso", quanto inusuale e, chissà..., "Anomalo". Un Grande abbraccio al Dr barca (Big "G") per la continua - e sempre proficua! - ricerca del "dettaglio impossibile". Si, impossibile. Perchè questo "sasso" poggia ESATTAMENTE su un impossibile equilibrio (a meno che quanto vediamo non sia altro che la porzione superiore di un macigno più grande ed infossato - ma, onestamente, questa ipotesi non ci pare molto valida). E comunque sia, pensiamoci sopra...MareKromium
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SOL3063-2-PIA24661-Curiosity_GIF_Shows_Drifting_Clouds_Over_Mount_Sharp.gifBlowin' in the Wind... - Sol 3063 (GIF-Movie)118 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL0039-PIA16156.jpg"Hard" Mars... - Sol 39 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)117 visite...Bisogna pure sorridere, in qualche modo ed in qualche misura...
Caption NASA:"NASA's Curiosity Rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing Stream on Mars at a few sites, including the Rock Outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named "Hottah" after Hottah Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. It may look like a broken sidewalk, but this geological feature on Mars is actually exposed Bedrock made up of smaller fragments cemented together, or what geologists call a "Sedimentary Conglomerate". Scientists theorize that the Bedrock was disrupted in the past, giving it the titled angle, most likely via impacts from Meteorites.
The key evidence for the ancient Stream comes from the size and rounded shape of the Gravel in and around the Bedrock. Hottah has pieces of gravel embedded in it, called clasts, up to a couple inches (few centimeters) in size and located within a matrix of sand-sized material. Some of the clasts are round in shape, leading the Science Team to conclude they were transported by a vigorous flow of Water. The Grains are too large to have been moved by Wind. A close-up view of Hottah reveals more details of the Outcrop. Broken surfaces of the Outcrop have rounded, Gravel Clasts, such as the one circled in white, which is about 1,2" (3 centimeters) across. Erosion of the Outcrop results in Gravel Clasts that protrude from the Outcrop and ultimately fall onto the Ground, creating the Gravel Pile at left".MareKromium
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SOL0486-EB-MF-LXTT-IPF-01.jpgBad Wheel, Bad Luck... - Sol 486 (EDM - HighDef3D - Natural Colors - Credits for the additional process. and color.: Elisabetta Bonora and Marco Faccin/LXTT/IPF)117 visiteRibadiamo: il danno c'è e si vede. La causa? Ignota (anche se si può speculare...). L'unica "certezza", si fa per dire, è che qualche errore nella concezione delle ruote deve pur esser stato fatto. Ed anche questa è Materia ampia per speculare e teorizzare.MareKromium
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SOL0370-RRB_430342965EDR_F0130156RHAZ00305M_.jpgWatch carefully!- Sol 370117 visiteImmagine pessima. Ma nulla che "intacchi" le lenti della RC del Rover. Guardate le altre immagini per capire meglio.MareKromium
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SOL3219-E3-PIA23139.jpgKnockfarril Hill - Sol 3219 (Natural Colors)117 visiteCaption NASA Originale:"The Mast Camera (MastCam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover captured this mosaic as it explored the "clay-bearing unit" on Feb. 3, 2019 (Sol 2309). This landscape includes the rocky landmark nicknamed "Knockfarril Hill" (center right) and the edge of Vera Rubin Ridge, which runs along the top of the scene".MareKromium
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SOL0003-0003ML0000010000E1_DXXX-PCF-LXTT.jpgExtremely Foggy Horizon at Gale Crater - Sol 3 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)116 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL0158-EB-MF-LXTT-IPF.jpgLooking for something?!? - Sol 158 (an Image-Mosaic in Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Elisabetta Bonora and Marco Faccin/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)116 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL0130-1-GB-IT-LXTT-IPF-00.jpgLook who's watching!... - Sol 130 (an Image-Mosaic in Calibrated Natural Colors; credits for the Research: Ivana Tognoloni/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)116 visiteSenza parole, o quasi: da dietro una roccia, posizionata (andiamo "a occhio"...) ad una trentina di metri da "Curiosity", SEMBRA (e sottolineiamo: SEMBRA!) che ci sia un volto "familiare" che spia i movimenti del Rover.
Il volto i chi? Ma di un "Grigio", naturalmente! Un Grigio il quale, per l'occasione, ha adottato un camouflage perfetto, ha cambiato colore e si è neascosto benissimo tra le rocce di Yellowknife Bay. Ma i suoi grandi ed affusolati occhi neri, uniti al suo inconfondibile "testone", non sono sfuggiti all'occhio della nostra eccezionale Amica e Partner, Ivana Tognoloni.
Che cosa stiamo guardando, quindi? Un'ennesima illusione ottica? Un'ennesima distorsione dell'immagine derivata dall'eccessiva compressione del frame? O forse un Alieno che osserva Curiosity, cercando di non farsi notare?
Cari Amici, il dettaglio è lì, bello chiaro, e l'ingrandimento isolato del dettaglio è nel prossimo frame. Giudicate Voi, ovviamente. Con benevolenza, equilibrio e, soprattutto, tanto acume. Perchè su Marte, a quanto abbiamo imparato in anni di analisi ed investigazione, "qualcosa" (o "qualcuno"), in Superficie, che si muove e lascia tracce del suo passare, SEMBRA esserci davvero.....MareKromium
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SOL1441.pngInteresting... - Sol 1441116 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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SOL4887-PIA26724.pngAtacama - Sol 4877 (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)116 visiteNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed “Atacama” on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rock had gotten stuck to the drill on the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm on April 25. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and vibrating the drill to try and get the rock loose, finally detaching the rock on May 1.
Atacama is estimated to be 1.5 feet in diameter at its base and 6 inches thick. It would weigh roughly 28.6 pounds (13 kilograms) on Earth (and about a third of that on Mars). The circular hole produced by Curiosity’s drill is visible in the rock.
This mosaic is made up of eight images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth. The color has been approximately white-balanced to resemble how the scene would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth.
Curiosity was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. JPL leads the mission on behalf of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program portfolio. Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego built and operates Mastcam.MareKromium
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SOL0038MR0171000000E1_DXXX.jpgUnusually-looking Igneous Rock - Sol 38 (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the research and the additional process.: Dr Gianluigi Barca/Lunar Explorer Italia/Italian Planetary Foundation)115 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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