paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago4202 - Wheels crush small rock! Reveals light green crystals (de-Bayered R-MastCam)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up185arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 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-up3·3 months agoNot intentional (this time) but they have done that in the past (a long time back)
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?
Fossilized Martian peen
Not intentional (this time) but they have done that in the past (a long time back)