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Found: Martians-Constructed Pavements
Mars rover Curiosity imaged the following cross-bedding (notes 1, 2) at Shaler on Sol 307 and Sol 120. However, the cross-bedding looks more like flat, thin, and smooth pavements constructed by Martians: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556862996&p=431 http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556862998&p=432 Image sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84750994@N05/9160175660/sizes/k/ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/pia16550-Fig1_Shaler-Mastcam-whitebalanced-scalebar-br.jpg Note 1: Wikipedia article on cross-bedding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-bedding Note 2: NASA’s press release http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4937 Read more at http://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/ Added on June 30: High resolution images of “cross-beds” at Shaler http://gigapan.com/gigapans/133212 http://gigapan.com/gigapans/133279 http://gigapan.com/gigapans/133323 http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556671244&p=295&sp=0
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