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Looks like #Perseverance is finding more of those #spherules we saw last year, this time in loose regolith, too.

Earlier on Mars:
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/114145603400311123
https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/114975857351453403

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking SE (125°) from RMC 87.4152
Sol 1833, LMST: 12:02:01
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01833/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1833_0829662423_242EBY_N0874152SCAM01833_0100I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech #LANL #CNES #IRAP/65dBnoise

#JezeroCraterSpherules #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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Knowledge Zone Aug 16, 2025

Martian #Spherules (also known as hematite spherules, blueberries, & Martian blueberries) are small spherules (roughly spherical pebbles) that are rich in an iron oxide (grey hematite, α-Fe2O3) and are found at Meridiani Planum (a large plain on Mars) in exceedingly large numbers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_spherules

Knowledge Zone Aug 16, 2025

#PhotoOfTheDay: A #BerryBowl of #Martian #Spherules

Thousands of unusual gray spherules made of iron and rock and dubbed blueberries were found embedded in and surrounding rocks near the landing site of the robot Opportunity rover on Mars in 2004.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250622.html

65dBnoise Mar 20, 2025

This place is full of spherules!

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking SW (214°) from RMC 70.0000
Sol 1450, LMST: 14:00:31

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01450/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1450_0795669081_058EBY_N0700000SCAM03450_0090I9J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #spherules

65dBnoise Mar 15, 2025

Ha!
Just as I thought that was a rare rock, maybe never to be seen again, here's another one, right next to the rover and to the left of the spot it recently abraded and cored.

Animation and telescopic view.

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SW (229°) from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1445, LMST: 12:09:38

Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01445/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1445_0795218351_803EBY_N0692124ZCAM09500_1100LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01445/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1445_0795216339_303EBY_N0692124SCAM01445_0050I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #Spherules