Speaking as a geologist, the layering was very predicted and is at the heart of the interest in this area. Sharp peak has exposed up its flanks thousands of feet of sedimentary section representing a good part of the early depositional history on Mars. As Curiosity scales up the side of Sharp peak, it will traverse through this section and record a chronological representation of Mars' past. I can't wait until they start to turn the pages of this most interesting book. Rodger C. Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Siegfried Jachmann Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:06 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Favorites so far Was the layering expected/predicted? Sig On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
I'm watching the replay of yesterday's NASA news conference and I saw these images that I'm calling my favorites so far: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/PIA16105u_malin04MAINIMAGE-br2.jpg http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/PIA16104_malin03m100focus-br2.jpg
Somehow I get the feeling that geologists (Rodger?) will salivate when they see them. :)
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