The Curiosity rover took a picture of something pretty enticing this week on the surface of Mars. While the object in question looks like a tiny little flower or maybe even some type of organic feature, the rover team confirmed this object is a min
, originally the feature was embedded within a rock, which eroded away over time. These mineral clusters, however, appear to be resistant to erosion.
Another name for these features is concretion, which you may remember from the Opportunity rover, who saw features that were nicknamed since they were small and round. You can see round concretions next to the flower-like feature in this image. The rover science team saw this feature earlier this week and named it 'Blackthorn Salt'. They used the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager, called MAHLI, to take these close-up images. This camera is the rover's version of the magnifying hand lens that geologists usually carry with them into the field. MAHLI's close-up images reveal the minerals and textures in rock surfaces.
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