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		Curiosity rover on Mars is shown studying rocks, soil, a flower. Wait....what? (photoblog.nbcnews.com)		47
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TheOther		2013-01-04 09:20:10 AM

Proving the existence of Martian bees.

Nayman		2013-01-04 09:20:42 AM

OMG SOMETHING SHINY

FinFangFark		2013-01-04 09:20:55 AM

The plastic is the start of a planet wide pile of recyclable garbage. Someone already beat us to the punch on ruining Mars.

blogs.eciad.ca

Random Anonymous Blackmail		2013-01-04 09:22:18 AM

btraz70		2013-01-04 09:25:07 AM

Coolest stuff ever...

duffblue		2013-01-04 09:35:16 AM

I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

HoityToity		2013-01-04 09:37:06 AM

Looks like a used condom.

Invincible		2013-01-04 09:39:02 AM

duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

Mars doesn't have a sky?

Scorpio Rex		2013-01-04 09:45:18 AM

Invincible: duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

Mars doesn't have a sky?

It got cracked.

probesport		2013-01-04 09:57:17 AM

duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

The sky is crying.

lilbjorn		2013-01-04 09:58:34 AM

How did anyone get 'flower' from that?

Rich Cream		2013-01-04 10:00:33 AM

IT'S A DIAMOND! MINE! ALL MINE!

DontMakeMeComeBackThere		2013-01-04 10:01:55 AM

lilbjorn: How did anyone get 'flower' from that?

From TFA: "The translucent shape is reminiscent of a flower's pistils"

And: No, no it isn't.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER		2013-01-04 10:04:53 AM

It fell out of O.J.'s pocket.

MythDragon		2013-01-04 10:07:53 AM

sprag		2013-01-04 10:08:52 AM

A Flower?!?

cutullus		2013-01-04 10:12:35 AM

Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds

What, you think we will have a manned Mars mission in our lifetime if it isn't diamonds?

NeoBad		2013-01-04 10:18:35 AM

The fact that we have a working craft exploring another planet and sending us back pictures and scientific information is amazing enough for me; looks like some martian anal sex devil poop to me.....

GypsyJoker		2013-01-04 10:19:10 AM

Martian fire flowers?

No Time To Explain		2013-01-04 10:24:34 AM

TheOther: Proving the existence of Martian bees.

No, not the martian bees

spickus		2013-01-04 10:25:40 AM

Llois		2013-01-04 10:31:02 AM

It's a street lamp.

ObscureNameHere		2013-01-04 10:31:48 AM

probesport: duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

The sky is crying.

Damn you.

Can'tyouseethetears rooooll down the street?

*wheeeeeeeee-wadooo! do-do-do-do*

roughridersfan		2013-01-04 10:32:24 AM

They could use that fancy-schmancy laser and take a shot at this "flower" and see what kind of data they pick up. That would help determine the composition.

Catsaregreen		2013-01-04 10:33:01 AM

Came for the Suppers Ready reference, leaving very satisfied.

Silverstaff		2013-01-04 10:48:58 AM

theguyyousaw		2013-01-04 10:55:06 AM

Did I miss something?

Why on EARTH did they send a black and white camera to Mars?

trappedspirit		2013-01-04 11:02:53 AM

theguyyousaw: Did I miss something?

Why on EARTH did they send a black and white camera to Mars?

Not only that but they didn't take a microphone either.

Void_Beavis		2013-01-04 11:05:16 AM

theguyyousaw: Did I miss something?

Why on EARTH did they send a black and white camera to Mars?

Because transmitting a black and white photo requires less bandwidth than a color photo. Something to consider when you're transmitting a signal from something that has to be energy efficient across 100.7 million km (62.6 million miles).

There are of course, color cameras on board as well.

DeathCipris		2013-01-04 11:06:58 AM

Looks like maybe gypsum or some sort of quartz mineral formation.

croesius		2013-01-04 11:09:12 AM

FTA: "They stitched together the black-and-white images, filled in the gaps in the Martian sky and colorized the scene to reflect what an observer on Mars might see."

akvis.com

drongozone		2013-01-04 11:15:50 AM

Get your aster to Mars.

probesport		2013-01-04 11:37:07 AM

It's the freakiest show.

Slaves2Darkness		2013-01-04 11:40:52 AM

cutullus: Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds
Please let it be diamonds

What, you think we will have a manned Mars mission in our lifetime if it isn't diamonds?

Meh, diamonds are cheap and easy to make or find on earth. It would be of more interest if it was an unknown material, maybe a new element for the old periodic chart. If such an element existed and it had the properties of a super conductor then we would be likely to mount a manned scientific and survey mission to Mars. Hell maybe even establish a mining base.

We will only have bases or colonies on other planets when there proves to be something worth exploiting.

Keeve		2013-01-04 11:56:57 AM

trappedspirit: theguyyousaw: Did I miss something?

Why on EARTH did they send a black and white camera to Mars?

Not only that but they didn't take a microphone either.

So Martian karaoke is out of the question.

TheGogmagog		2013-01-04 11:57:33 AM

ObscureNameHere: probesport: duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

The sky is crying.

Damn you.

Can't you see the tears rooooll down the street?

*wheeeeeeeee-wadooo! do-do-do-do*

I was thinking it was something from Robbie Robertson, but I'm not finding it. I'm not sure how the Stevie Ray Vaughan song is relevant.

that was my nickname in highschool		2013-01-04 12:11:13 PM

ObscureNameHere		2013-01-04 12:46:42 PM

TheGogmagog: ObscureNameHere: probesport: duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

The sky is crying.

Damn you.

Can't you see the tears rooooll down the street?

*wheeeeeeeee-wadooo! do-do-do-do*

I was thinking it was something from Robbie Robertson, but I'm not finding it. I'm not sure how the Stevie Ray Vaughan song is relevant.

Guy posts "The sky is crying"

I post a reference to the famous Stevie Ray Vaughan song called "The sky is crying"

You are confused.... why?

TheGogmagog		2013-01-04 12:51:24 PM

TheGogmagog: ObscureNameHere: probesport: duffblue: I would like to see an undoctored picture some time. Like why did they add in the sky?

The sky is crying.

Damn you.

Can't you see the tears rooooll down the street?

*wheeeeeeeee-wadooo! do-do-do-do*

I was thinking it was something from Robbie Robertson, but I'm not finding it. I'm not sure how the Stevie Ray Vaughan song is relevant.

Found it in Sonny got caught in the moonlight. I'm guessing the comment wasn't song related though.

stupiddream		2013-01-04 01:22:41 PM

sprag: [i112.photobucket.com image 500x496]

A Flower?!?

The trees, the sky, a lily fair?

GypsyJoker		2013-01-04 02:07:27 PM

stupiddream: sprag: [i112.photobucket.com image 500x496]

A Flower?!?

The trees, the sky, a lily fair?

Butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies.

brantgoose		2013-01-04 03:44:52 PM

The most boring and mundane explanation I can think of is that it is an inclusion of quartz-type rock, possibly deposited by flowing water which carried it from elsewhere.

The least boring and mundane explanation that explains why it is bright, shiney, somewhat pearly and oddly-shaped is that it is a fossil shell. Now that would be news. It would prove that Mars had a lot of water, that it about a billion years or so of life and that some of the life evolved parallel to Earth life at least as far as corals or molluscs.

I think it would be very worthwile to winkle that pearly object out of the rock and see if it is geological or biological in origin. I wish they would discover Mars life already. I hate being kept on tenterhooks for thirty years or more.

I imagine that we'd be off to Mars in a jiff if they found a seashell there. Clams can be far more valuable than diamonds if you are hungry. Mars Oysters might have Mars pearls, one of which would easily be the most valuable rock in the known universe.

To hell with diamonds! I want a baroque Mars pearl the size of my thumb.

If they find one they can name it the "Great Gazoo" and it would be the coolest thing ever.

Austinoftx		2013-01-04 04:49:41 PM

Crap like this wouldn't happen if they'd heeded my advice to not make Curiosity's loose parts the same color as Martian soil.

sxacho		2013-01-04 05:36:38 PM

Looks like the outer surface of the rock got scraped by something's claws as it was scrambling over it. They should just follow the footprints.

You're welcome NASA.

iron de havilland		2013-01-04 07:27:16 PM

Slaves2Darkness: Meh, diamonds are cheap and easy to make or find on earth. It would be of more interest if it was an unknown material, maybe a new element for the old periodic chart.

i2.kym-cdn.com

The periodic table does not work that way.

hoyt clagwell		2013-01-05 12:11:29 AM

Thanks, Sprag! No thread is complete without Peter Gabriel.

pineapplesherbet		2013-01-05 02:10:22 AM

It looks like a quartz crystal. I can tell by some of the pixels. And I live in the Rocky Mountains.

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