Scenes from the Tablelands, site of the world's oldest above-ground rocks. This is a piece of the earth's mantle. ~650,000,000 years old. #newfoundland #Tablelands #geology #RockOn #NaturePhotography #hiking
Today’s adventures led us to the #Tablelands and #TroutRiver in #Newfoundland. The hike was a pretty nice one being about 4KM return trip. Spending some time in Trout River was also nice.
Tomorrow we have a long journey driving. 3 hours then a ferry ride

Check out this post by Melissa Rice on how the Perseverance rover science team was torn with competing priorities: sealing up the "Green Gardens" sample as quickly as possible vs continuing to the next important science stop, "Broom Point".

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sealing-the-deal

#Mars #rover #Perseverance #Sol1433 #GreenGardens #Tablelands #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign #science #STEM #geology #space #astrodon

Sealing the Deal

Written by Melissa Rice, Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University 

NASA Science
Boardwalk Along Tablelands Trail, Gros Morne 2 by John Twynam

Boardwalk Along Tablelands Trail, Gros Morne 2 by John Twynam

John Twynam Official Website

A view from the Tablelands Trail in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland on a gloomy day with a dramatic cloudscape.

#BuyIntoArt #NationalPark #GrosMorne #Tablelands #Newfoundland #Desert #Gloomy #trail

https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/tablelands-trail-gros-morne-newfoundland-john-twynam.html

Tablelands Trail, Gros Morne, Newfoundland by John Twynam

Tablelands Trail, Gros Morne, Newfoundland by John Twynam

John Twynam - Website

"#Tablelands [in western Newfoundland] are not just similar to #Mars in looks. Morrill has found bacteria living in the local stream's high pH currents as a result of natural process called serpentinization."

"Morrill said it's possible serpentinization also happens on Mars, so she's researching what the #Tablelands can reveal about finding past or current life on the Red Planet."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/do-newfoundland-s-tablelands-hold-the-answer-to-life-on-mars-this-researcher-is-trying-to-find-out-1.6963649

#nlastro #astrodon #astronomy
#CanadianSpaceAgency

Do Newfoundland's Tablelands hold the answer to life on Mars? This researcher is trying to find out | CBC Radio

The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most unique landscapes in the world — and its orange peridotite rocks could hold the secret to finding life on Mars.

CBC
File:Clouds - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland 2019-08-17 (02).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Tablelands Trail - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland 2019-08-17 (03).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

File:Winter House Brook - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland 2019-08-17 (04).jpg - Wikimedia Commons