BlogBarley: 2022-08-21

cyanobacteria or a similar desert varnish microorganism:

Mars Perseverance Sol 534: SuperCam Camera

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using the SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager, located at the top of the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on Aug. 21, 2022 (Sol 534) at the local mean solar time of 16:17:15.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP

Likely: "desert varnish, a dark, shiny coating on rocks in arid locations"

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

This image was acquired on Aug. 25, 2022 (Sol 538)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

created by Barley with Microsoft ICE

This image was taken by MAST_LEFT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3572

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

created by Barley with Microsoft ICE