Curiosity Sol 706 MAHLI Cam Image: Water, Walls, & Pictoglyphs?

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8 years 5 months ago - 8 years 5 months ago #5779 by Todd

Curiosity Sol 706 MAHLI Cam Image: Water, Walls, & Pictoglyphs? was created by Todd

This is a MAHLI-cam image taken from the Curiosity Rover on Sol 706, the first day on the drive to "Hidden Valley." The image was processed from the PDS raw DRCL .img file. Below, the original orientation and one rotated 180°.

0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3)orig.png

0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3)rot.png

One of the bizarre features present is a figure 8 disturbance in the martian sand originating from underneath the protruding landform, perhaps made by underground water (enlargement below).

0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3)crp1.png

The etched marks in the side of this sample resemble pictoglyphs similar to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3)crp2.png

Are these protruding landforms just materials that have been broken down and separated from erosion or are we looking at an ancient wall or structure that has been partially uncovered (below)?

0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3)crp3.png

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS original raw browse jpg:
mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0706MH0003250050204229E01_DXXX&s=706

an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl/mslbrowser/product.aspx?B1=0706MH0003250050204229E01_DRCL&xw=1

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8 years 5 months ago #5781 by Harry

Replied by Harry on topic Curiosity Sol 706 MAHLI Cam Image: Water, Walls, & Pictoglyphs?

Hey Todd, great images as always, check out Sol 707 for better images of the area.

Below is a crop from a composite I put together and is the same area as your 3rd image.
I believe the area was a huge wall of murals containing many things and as you can see I have circled the items I think are interesting. I know, I know pareidolia.

mars-sol-707-gale-crater-anomalies-mural-wall-highlighted.PNG

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8 years 5 months ago #5782 by Todd

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Thanks Harry, I should probably add the relevant frames in here too. The Curiosity sol 707 right mast-cam images below were processed from the PDS raw DRCL .img files.

0707MR0030040000402469E01_DRCL(chs.1,2,3).png

The image below is a composite made from two sol 707 mast-cam frames.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS original raw browse jpgs:
mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0707MR0030040000402469E01_DXXX&s=707
mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0707MR0030040010402470E01_DXXX&s=707
mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0707MR0030040020402471E01_DXXX&s=707

an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl/mslbrowser/product.aspx?B1=0707MR0030040000402469E01_DRCL&xw=1
an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl/mslbrowser/product.aspx?B1=0707MR0030040010402470E01_DRCL&xw=1
an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl/mslbrowser/product.aspx?B1=0707MR0030040020402471E01_DRCL&xw=1

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8 years 5 months ago #5784 by Harry

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I remember seeing these but with your processed images they look so much clearer! :woohoo:

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