Turns out rocks are rocks. (I’m a geologist I an I approve of this message)
Those particular rocks seem to be sandstone, though… which would pretty much be proof of liquid water having existed at some point.
Rocks are rocks, sure… but rocks tell stories, and these ones are telling a story that, while common and somewhat uninteresting on Earth, is quite interesting indeed when told on Mars.
You are totally right. I was going to make a big post about how they actually formed but I deleted it halfway through. These rocks are definitely significant in that the same processes on earth happen on Mars so we can infer how they were deposited and formed. Hence my shitty first comment, rocks are rocks.
Interesting that Dean Norris was on Mars and has a special interest inrocksminerals.
Mars looks like Southern California in Star Trek in the 60s.
Says a lot for how much they were able to accomplish thematically with environments like that. Iconic
Ah, so Mars is socialist.
Mmmm that’s some good choss! Do you happen to know where the photo on the right was taken? My geoguessr brain wants to put a pin on Kanab, Utah
I believe it’s the Atacama desert in Chile, according to a reverse image search.
Looks like a nice day on Mars. Apart from it being -70C out.
So no Mr Bluesky on Mars?
Mars has blue sunsets though.
I dont know what camera they used but that zoom is crazy
Captured on my Samsung Galaxy s22
Aren’t the layers in the rock showing that water was definitely present on Mars, and that they’re formed by sediment being deposited and forming into sedementary rock over time?
Think so. That’s what I came here to ask
I came to ask which picture is which then noticed the blue sky duh 😂
Or the title.
