{"id":112416,"date":"2024-10-10T06:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T23:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112416"},"modified":"2024-10-10T06:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T23:02:53","slug":"perseverance-rover-spies-incredible-blue-rocks-on-mars-and-makes-incredible-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112416","title":{"rendered":"Perseverance Rover Spies Incredible Blue Rocks on Mars and Makes Incredible Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A rocky Martian landscape with various sizes and shapes of blue-tinted boulders scattered across a reddish-brown sandy terrain. The ground slightly rises in the background under a pale sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-763005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-320x168.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-1536x806.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-400x209.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured-550x288.jpg 550w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nasa-mars-blue-rocks-featured.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover captured the clearest view of Mars\u2019 landscape yet, showing incredible blue rocks on the dusty surface that raise pivotal questions about the Red Planet\u2019s complex history. <\/p>\n<p>The new image from Mars shows rich, dark blue, jagged volcanic rocks scattered across an ancient Martian lakebed at Mount Washburn, named after a mountain in Yellowstone National Park. Alongside these beautiful blue rocks, Perseverance\u2019s onboard cameras snapped a white rock, something never seen before on Mars. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was like the textbook definition of [chasing] the bright, shiny thing because it was so bright and white,\u201d says NASA planetary geologist Dr. Katie Stack Morgan from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery once in a while, you\u2019ll just see some strange thing in the Martian landscape,\u201d Dr. Morgan adds. <\/p>\n<p>The Perseverance team captured the new images using the rover\u2019s SuperCam, designed to examine rocks and soils on Mars using a camera, laser, and spectrometers, as well as the MastCam-Z. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_763007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-763007\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web-copy-800x170.jpg\" alt=\"Panoramic image of a rocky Martian landscape featuring numerous scattered dark rocks and pebbles across reddish-brown sand. The terrain is uneven, with small hills, under a pale sky. No vegetation or water is visible.\" width=\"800\" height=\"170\" class=\"size-large wp-image-763007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web-copy-800x170.jpg 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web-copy-320x68.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web-copy-1536x325.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-763007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cComposed of 18 images, this natural-color mosaic shows a boulder field on \u201cMount Washburn\u201d (named after a mountain in Wyoming) in Mars\u2019 Jezero Crater. The Perseverance science team nicknamed the light-toned boulder with dark speckles near the center of the mosaic \u201cAtoko Point\u201d (after a feature in the eastern Grand Canyon). The images were acquired by NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover on May 27, 2024, the 1,162nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.\u201d | NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU\/MSSS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The SuperCam system, which weighs 10.6 kilograms (23.4 pounds), is mounted on the \u201chead\u201d of the rover\u2019s long-necked mast and can send 4.2 megabits of data back to Earth each day. As for the MastCam-Z, its primary job is capturing high-definition videos and panoramic color 3D images of the Martian surface. This camera weighs about four kilograms (8.8 pounds) and records roughly two-megapixel photos. It can send nearly 150 megabits of data to Earth per sol (Martian day). <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_763006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-763006\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A rocky landscape with various sizes of stones scattered across a reddish-brown terrain under a pale sky. A large white rock stands out among darker stones. The scene appears dry and barren.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-763006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web1-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/10\/e1-PIA26333-Enhanced-Color-Mt-Washburn-web1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-763006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crop of the above image showing Atoko Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The eye-catching white rock has been named \u2018Atoko Point,\u2019 and it is named after a large cliff in the Grand Canyon. The rock is about 35.6 centimeters (14 inches) tall, and thanks to SuperCam\u2019s spectrometers, scientists have determined that the white rock is anorthosite, a type of rock that has never been observed on Mars before despite being long theorized. <\/p>\n<p>This type of rock is exciting because, despite extensive research, it\u2019s unclear how they form on Earth, let alone on Mars. This is the dominant rock type on the Moon, too, covering about 80% of the lunar surface. The volcanic Atoko Point rock may have formed deep below the Martian surface or may have been moved around by ancient Martian rivers that have long since dried up. At this point, it\u2019s unknown. <\/p>\n<p>What scientists <em>do<\/em> know, however, is that this rock is significant to understanding Mars and its history. <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Image credits:<\/strong> NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU\/MSSS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2024\/10\/09\/perseverance-rover-spies-incredible-blue-rocks-on-mars-and-makes-incredible-discovery\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover captured the clearest view of Mars\u2019 landscape yet, showing incredible blue rocks on the dusty surface that raise pivotal questions about the Red Planet\u2019s complex history. 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