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This one was taken last week

(Dec 30, 2025 08:04 AM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]This one was taken last week

Hard to tell if this is a shot from a distance, perhaps from a crater rim and the dunes are much farther away. Then again could be small ripples of fine material next to some small rocks nearby. Which is it?

Due to field of view focus, I'd say the former.

Would it be worth going to Mars to see a view like that every morning? I'm thinking 'yes' - particularly if Mars could be maintained as a spider free planet.

Not a camel or oasis in sight, but still something for Elon to put in the travel brochure to attract Bedouins.

(Jan 21, 2026 06:35 AM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]

Appears to be half a metallic orb on the left. Any idea what part of the craft that might be?

Probably this instrument on its arm:

APXS can refer to the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, a scientific instrument on Mars rovers (like Curiosity and the MER rovers Spirit/Opportunity) that analyzes the elemental composition of rocks and soil.
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Panorama



Closeup of unusual honeycomb patterns - the NASA scientists still aren't sure what caused them.



Cool looking scenery

We (Earthlings) have fossils like that honeycomb..



A honeycomb-like trace fossil of genus Paleodictyon (Upper Cretaceous period). Intepreted b y Seilacher as a feeding burrow or "farm" for bacteria or fungi. Reprinted from [38] with permission of the Liverpool Geological Society.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-ho...9_13629585