Curiosity Rover - Mars Anomalies

easynow Sun Aug 14, 2016 4:37 pm

New thread for posting pictures of anomalies taken by the Mars Curiosity rover.

Artist concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory 'Curiosity' rover
Curiosity Rover - Mars Anomalies Curios11

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ipbrowse/PIA14156_ip.jpg

NASA / JPL
Link - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/

More info on the Rover mission
Link - https://spacetime.forumotion.com/t839-mars-science-laboratory-msl-curiosity-rover

easynow Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:27 pm

Here's one of the recent anomalies nicknamed "Mysterious Pillar" or "The Statue"

SOL 1387

Curiosity Rover - Mars Anomalies CmcqbY4XEAALfi0

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/01387/mcam/1387MR0068150080701911E01_DXXX.jpg

Link - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1387MR0068150080701911E01_DXXX&s=1387

Higher resolution image:

SOL 1419

Curiosity Rover - Mars Anomalies 1419mr10

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/01419/mcam/1419MR0069990000702354E01_DXXX-br2.jpg

Link - http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1419MR0069990000702354E01_DXXX&s=1419

Examples of videos discussing the image:
Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAuP9-fPTc
Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGaGArbVPY

This next image indicates they did take a closer look ...

SOL 1428 ChemCam image:

Curiosity Rover - Mars Anomalies Chemca10

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/proj/msl/redops/ods/surface/sol/01428/soas/rdr/ccam/CR0_524257514PRC_F0561326CCAM02428L1.PNG

This image was taken by ChemCam: Remote Micro-Imager (CHEMCAM_RMI) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1428 (2016-08-12 07:27:17 UTC).

Link - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=CR0_524257514PRC_F0561326CCAM02428L1&s=1428.44834084601