#megabreccia — Public Fediverse posts

Spooky rock garden, captured yesterday by Perseverance

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#Mars Sep. 19, 2025 - Sol 1629
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1629 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #Megabreccia #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #Jezero #crater #Percy #Mastcam #photography #spooky

Spooky rock garden, captured yesterday by Perseverance

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#Mars Sep. 19, 2025 - Sol 1629
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1629 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #Megabreccia #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #Jezero #crater #Percy #Mastcam #photography #spooky

Awesome Stereo3D view of this strange rock spotted by the Mars rover Perseverance

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

#Mars Sep. 19, 2025 - Sol 1629
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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👀 incoming Mastcam mosaic / Stereo3D view of this most peculiar rock. Stay tuned!

https://rkinnett.github.io/roverpics/?mars2020&sol1629

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More nearby rocks captured today by the Perseverance rover

The terrain currently explored is known as "megabreccia": a chaotic mixture of broken rock fragments likely produced during ancient asteroid impacts.

➡️ https://science.nasa.gov/blog/perseverance-meets-the-megabreccia/ #Mars

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Another outstanding rock spotted by Perseverance

#Mars Sep. 18, 2025 - Sol 1628
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Rare view, captured early this morning by Perseverance, when the rim of Jezero Crater projects its shadows on the outer plains to the west...

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#Mars Sep. 12, 2025 - Sol 1622
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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The Eye Of The Sahara - A Geological Mystery Staring Into Space
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https://www.iflscience.com/the-eye-of-the-sahara-a-geological-mystery-staring-into-space-67179 <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.04.006 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-08734-4 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #Landsat #imagery #gischat #EyeOfTheSahara #vulcanism #intrusion #geology #Africa #RichatStructure #research #mauritania #structuralgeology #anticline #folding #sedimentary #igneous #formation #megabreccia #geologicalheritagesites