This is an intriguing new picture from Mars. Very thought provoking.
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=hf_mars_rotini_040301_02.jpg&cap=Opportunity's%20Microscopic%20Imager%20found%20this%20intriguing%20object,%20lookingmore%20like%20Rotini%20pasta.%20Its%20odd%20shape%20has%20stirred%20up%20Mars%20researchers,both%20inside%20and%20outside%20of%20the%20NASA%20Mars%20Rover%20Exploration%20team.%20Whetheror%20not%20this%20object%20is%20related%20to%20biology%20has%20prompted%20a%20variety%20ofviews.
The article that goes with it is
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/rat_circles_040305.html
They are being very cautious in interpreting what this might be, but if
this does NOT turn out to be some kind of artifact of the digging
process itself (which requires a soil material that is kinda gummy or
clay-like), it could cause quite a stir. JimA
Received on Mon Mar 8 13:45:34 2004
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