Video: Another Shiny Object Spotted On Mars

This image was taken by Mastcam: Right (MAST_RIGHT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 173 (2013-01-30 23:39:36 UTC) .

Link - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0173MR0926020000E1_DXXX&s=173



Link - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00173/mcam/0173MR0926020000E1_DXXX.jpg








So ... What do you think it is ?

NASA say's it's a rock ...


Link - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-053




More images ...



Image - http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8450504565_579c0c71f4_o.jpg

Link - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/8450504565/sizes/l/in/photostream/





Another perspective ...



Image - http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8441455819_1b79207c4d_o.jpg

Link - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunexit/8441455819/sizes/m/in/photostream/




What is it ?

A rock ?

Something metallic ?

A critter ?

Something growing like a flower ?


Whatever it is ... the object certainly looks Alien



Anyone have comments or more images to post ?