Some of the latest images from Mars captured by NASA's Perseverance rover
@latestinspace This looks like a cheap set from some B Sci-fi movie
@latestinspace These rocks seem to have rounder edges than I expect. Is there wind? Are they made of a softer material? Unless they came from the sky or a volcano, how did they spread so evenly across the plain? Ancient ice sheets?
@latestinspace The surface of another planet, ~55 million km away from Earth. Quite beautiful
@latestinspace Imagine they forget to airbrush just one artifact.
@latestinspace The dark areas of Mars are characterised by the mafic (dark) rock-forming minerals olivine, pyroxene, & plagioclase feldspar. These minerals are the primary constituents of basalt, a dark volcanic rock that also makes up the Earths oceanic crust & the Earths moon. Much in common.