A photo from open sources PHOTO: NASA Scientists have figured out where A strange stone suddenly appeared next to Opportunity. Scientists unraveled the mystery of suddenly appearing next to the rover Opportunity of a strange stone that is part of amateur astronomers mistook for a Martian mushroom. This was reported in NASA. how said one of the leaders of the Opportunity mission, an employee University of Washington Ray Arvidson, the rover hit a rock, breaking off a piece of it. In later pictures visible damaged stone, the scientist noted. “As soon as we are a little moved Opportunity, after examining a mysterious stone, we they saw an upside-down stone, which had similar view. We moved it, you can see the track. That’s where this mysterious stone is happening, “said Arvidson. Stone, which Opportunity ran into contains unusually much sulfur and magnesium, the scientist added. According to him, these elements could appear due to exposure to water, and the process “could occur relatively recently directly below the top layer or quite a long time in the depths of the rock. “On the surface is a stone turned out to be due to soil erosion. Since the origin a mysterious stone is installed, now the rover will continue breed studies added to NASA. Recall strange stone appeared near the rover, which stopped for the winter, 15 January. It was fixed by the camera installed on Opportunity: it takes pictures of the surrounding surface every Sol – Martian day, which lasts 24 hours 37 minutes 23 seconds. The place where I was an object was discovered, photographed with a frequency of 12 such days. “Stone from nowhere” caused a great stir in the media and among fans astronomy. Some did not even exclude that behind a strange object extraterrestrial life, and neuropsychologist Rowan Joseph sued NASA, demanding him to urgently examine the stone, which, in his opinion, is actually a Martian mushroom.
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