Posted on Jun 20, 2022
APOD: 2022 June 20 - Rock Fingers on Mars
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the June 20th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Rock Fingers on Mars." With all of the recent news from Perseverance and Ginny, its easy to forget about the Curiosity rover. This image was captured on May 15, 2022, as Curiosity continued to climb Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. From the JPL Photojournal:
"NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like rocks with its Mast Camera...[they] likely formed as groundwater trickled through rock in the ancient past, depositing mineral cements over time; many years later, when the rock was exposed to the atmosphere, wind eroded the softer material around the cemented portions."
Do you recognize the shapes of these formations? You've seen pictures of similar deposits around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. And larger hoodoos have been regular features in past APODs.
"NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like rocks with its Mast Camera...[they] likely formed as groundwater trickled through rock in the ancient past, depositing mineral cements over time; many years later, when the rock was exposed to the atmosphere, wind eroded the softer material around the cemented portions."
Do you recognize the shapes of these formations? You've seen pictures of similar deposits around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. And larger hoodoos have been regular features in past APODs.
APOD: 2022 June 20 - Rock Fingers on Mars
Posted from apod.nasa.gov
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good afternoon my friend, and good to see you on the RP June 20, 2022 . I have said it many times before, yet I will say it again, "nobody does it better from above". Thank you for sharing Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Rock Fingers on Mars."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD SGT Mark Anderson SGT Steve McFarland
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