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Texture of rock that was examined by Perseverance Rover. The first image is a false-color composite of two different illumination angles from SHERLOC, and the second is a full color view from WATSON. Both taken on Sol 1811.(25.3.26). processed by Kevin M Gill
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Texture of rock that was examined by Perseverance Rover. The first image is a false-color composite of two different illumination angles from SHERLOC, and the second is a full color view from WATSON. Both taken on Sol 1811.(25.3.26). processed by Kevin M Gill


processed by Kevin M Gill

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Texture of rock that was examined by Perseverance Rover. The first image is a false-color composite of two different illumination angles from SHERLOC, and the second is a full color view from WATSON. Both taken on Sol 1811.(25.3.26).

​NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M Gill

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​False-color view of granular rock. The rock is composed of mostly light colored crystals and some darker mafic-looking crystals. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

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The term mafic is a portmanteau of "magnesium" and "ferric" and was coined by Charles Whitman Cross, Joseph P. Iddings, Louis V. Pirsson, and Henry Stephens Washington in 1912

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafic

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  1. Zunderfeuer_88 on

    I wished more people would be as mind blown as I am that this is on a another planet

  2. Oaks951 on

    It looks kind of like quartz with black tourmaline inclusions

    Edit: referencing the second picture.