Today's astronomy picture of the day is a view of the rim of Victoria Crater, taken by the Opportunity rover as it descends into the crater. And I could swear that I'm looking at one of the big eolian sandstones from the Colorado Plateau. Moab on Mars?
I guess it isn't a major finding, seeing evidence for wind-blown sediment on Mars. But it's amazing to see sedimentary structures from another planet. And eolian sandstones are beautiful.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
gorgeous picture of cross-bedding on Mars
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Are you kidding me!? This is mars? I'm as amazed as you. One doesn't stop and think (at least I haven't) that mars also has sediment deposition and therefore structures. And I thought that APOD was only about space pictures. Very interesting.
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