@edgarblythe,
Yes, two-thirds down on the left where the white strip is located.
@cicerone imposter,
hmmm what is that stuff? whats the source JPL? I wanna send it under a closer examination lens .
@edgarblythe,
We need to nuke that place so the evil aliens don't attack us. I always knew we couldn't trust that place.
It doesn't have the appearance of life to my uneducated eye.
@edgarblythe,
Based on probability, you're probably correct!
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to learn what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.
The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported today (Nov. 20). SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.
SAM apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently.
"This data is gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. "It's looking really good."
The rover team won't be ready to announce just what SAM found for several weeks, NPR reported, as scientists want to check and double-check the results. Indeed, Grotzinger confirmed to SPACE.com that the news will come out at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which takes place Dec. 3-7 in San Francisco.
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to learn what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.
The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported today (Nov. 20). SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.
SAM apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently.
"This data is gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. "It's looking really good."
The rover team won't be ready to announce just what SAM found for several weeks, NPR reported, as scientists want to check and double-check the results. Indeed, Grotzinger confirmed to SPACE.com that the news will come out at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which takes place Dec. 3-7 in San Francisco.
Is it too soon to speculate they have found proof of life on Mars? I guess it is wise to wait for an announcement.
Another article tonight is putting the damper on the sensationalist reporting of my article. Seems I probably got excited needlessly.
@edgarblythe,
They couldve found an important hydrocarbon or a carbon isotope consistent with life.
OR NOT
New information moves too slowly. I am old and anxious to get on with it.
I'm getting anxious too. This rover isn't discovering new information fast enough for me. I want another "Martian Blueberry" experience.
@rosborne979,
I think they are trying to figure out what they found; it's all new ground for them, and they must be running into conflicting theories. Patience, guys, I think they're trying their best with what they have.
New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/mars-flower-nasa-curiosity-rover-photos_n_2420409.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
I like that broad landscape shot, but i don't see the "flower" in the first photo. Of course, my eyesight is not what it once was.
@Setanta,
I dont see the flower either. I was hoping it would have been a "Desert rose" which are common gypsum crystals found in evaporating laks and ponds in deserts
I think they mean on the lower left, about an inch from either edge, on my screen.
@edgarblythe,
that little white thing? Can yu upsize the picture edgar?
@edgarblythe,
'K . . . i see it now that you mention it.