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Encounter with Zebra Rock, a.k.a "Freya Castle", Sep. 12, 2024. Credit Navcam: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Credit Mastcam: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, with a recently released natural color image processing by the Mastcam-Z Downlink team at Arizona State University.

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"While driving across unremarkable pebbly terrain, beady-eyed team members spotted a cobble in the distance with hints of an unusual texture in low resolution Navcam images..."

Discovery of Freya Castle a.k.a Zebra Rock, the full story by Athanasios Klidaras: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/a-striped-surprise/

Credits images:
✅ Navcam: NASA/JPL-Caltech
✅ Mastcam: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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Freya Castle

Yep, that's the name of the Martian mystery rock with black-and-white stripes, seen here in Stereo3D. It is 20 cm across and the team scientists have enjoyed reading your theories on its origin!

More insights by Athanasios Klidaras in this blog:
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/a-striped-surprise/

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Have you ever seen a zebra pattern rock from Mars in 3D?

to go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye

#Mars Sep. 13, 2024 (Sol 1268)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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The look of this outcrop. Wild!

Captured 24 hours ago by Perseverance on the slopes of the crater rim.

#Mars Sep. 13, 2024 (Sol 1268)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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Dusty yet beautiful: the first Mastcam-Z shot of Kodiak Butte by Perseverance from her vantage viewpoint on the slopes of the crater rim.

#Mars Sep. 13, 2024 (Sol 1268)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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Encounter with a rather unusual rock, captured 17 hours ago by Perseverance

#Mars Sep. 13, 2024 (Sol 1268)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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