Kevin M. Gill

Remote observation done on Sol 620 by the Mars Perseverance Rover using it's telescopic SuperCam RMI camera. What do you make of some of those rounded rocks embedded in the wall?

NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Kevin M. Gill

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Jan 28, 2023 at 3:57amWeb
Show threadGraydonJan 28, 2023
@kevinmgill The alt-text straight up says "river delta". Looks like concreted cobbles that have been eroded again.
Show threadPaul HammondJan 28, 2023
@kevinmgill Looks like the sort of thing one could expect from a large debris flow. If I'm understanding the scale correctly, they are rather large rocks, so it must have been a pretty spectacular event.
Show threadJLmatudJan 28, 2023
@kevinmgill conglomerate?
Show threadConanTheActuarianJan 28, 2023
@kevinmgill Wind erosion or, if the rocks are old enough that they once bordered a waterway, then erosion from that source.