Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #9292 by ??

Replied by ?? on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

It appears to me that there is layering, perhaps some form of stratification, in almost all of the Curiosity images, many of them that I have looked at anyway. Water flow, given enough time can cause sedimentary stratification as well as vertical down-flows via erosion. Geologic pressures from below can also produce similar vertical perpendicular cracks in this stratification.

Above this stratification, in several of the Curiosity images, it looks to me like a bunch of “blue rocks,” many boulders, are scattered about somewhat haphazardly. It looks to me like these did not form here but were transported here by some mechanism. A great flood could easily have done this. So could volcanic action.

These layers could also be some kind of building material covering the whole area. And the scattered "blue rocks" could be debris from explosions caused during a war.

Hmmm...

Last edit: 7 years 4 months ago by ??. Reason: Corrected text. Reset font.

The topic has been locked.

??
Visitor

7 years 4 months ago #9294 by Todd

Replied by Todd on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

Here is a composite made from Mastcam images taken on sol 323, the final sol at "Shaler."

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/200453

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=323&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/00323.html

The topic has been locked.

Todd
Topic Author
Offline
Administrator

7 years 4 months ago #9295 by Todd

Replied by Todd on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

Here are composites made from Mastcam images taken on sol 919.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/200465

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=919&camera=MAST_
www.midnightplanets.com/web/MSL/sol/00919.html

The topic has been locked.

Todd
Topic Author
Offline
Administrator

7 years 4 months ago #9296 by ??

Replied by ?? on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

Sol 919, bottom image, top of lower right quadrant.

Hmmm 1...

Hmmm 2...too.

The topic has been locked.

??
Visitor

7 years 4 months ago - 7 years 4 months ago #9297 by ??

Replied by ?? on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

Sol 919, bottom image, top of lower left quadrant.

There's...more where these came from.

Last edit: 7 years 4 months ago by ??. Reason: Rebuilt post.

The topic has been locked.

??
Visitor

7 years 4 months ago #9299 by Todd

Replied by Todd on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

They look like engineered tiles or blocks in a collapsed state with internal structure visible, it's an incredible outcrop. Here are composites from sol 1363 & 1365.

www.gigapan.com/gigapans/200471

mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1363&camera=MAST_
mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=1365&camera=MAST_

The topic has been locked.

Todd
Topic Author
Offline
Administrator

7 years 4 months ago #9302 by Todd

Replied by Todd on topic Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

These layers could also be some kind of building material covering the whole area. And the scattered "blue rocks" could be debris from explosions caused during a war.

The Sphinx, regardless of what the exact erosion process was, appears to be collapsing into layers, hence the thick ridges along the length of it. Where the deepest ridge indentations are, they have a patch job in place but if it was left to the elements, what you might have left are a few broken vertical layers with a carved head, perhaps in pieces, on the top.

The topic has been locked.

Todd
Topic Author
Offline
Administrator

Featured Article Of The Week:

Click Here To View Article / Video / Enhanced Images

YouTube User: WhatsUpInTheSky37

Thank you to everyone who has stuck by the YouTube channel and to all of our admins and forum users here on the channel. They really have kept the website current while I have been busy taking care of things in my personal life. I promised that the next video would be a long one and have a LOT to look at. You can get lost in these Gigapans and I really hope that you do! I spent a lot of time stitching these together and making sure that they were the best quality that I could get them. SOL 1448 really has been a goldmine for anomaly hunters and those people who are just hobbiest. I really hope you enjoy this one and expect much more to come from the latest batches of images!

Curiosity Rover Composites on GigaPan

Attachments:

Attachments:

Featured Article Of The Week:

Follow Us:

Logon:

Latest Space Posts:

Latest News Posts:

Latest Articles: