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Curiosity rover photographed a mysterious "Martian flower"

2013-01-06 12:23:38 (читать в оригинале)

American rover Curiosity ("Curiosity") photographed a strange object on the surface of the planet - the observers immediately dubbed it "Martian flower", although NASA still can not figure out what exactly got into the camera lens.

The discovery was made in the area of Mars Yellowknife Bay, where Curiosity shot pie pan. One of the photos just captured an anomaly, which was soon called the "flower." And, judging by the photos, crushed.

NBC commentator Alan Boyle suggested that the "flower" - is a piece of plastic, drop off from the rover. This has already happened in October last year. However, the representative Guy Webster NASA has not confirmed his hypothesis, stating that "it looks like a piece of rocky rock, not a piece of the spacecraft."

However, the more common comments from NASA about the strange rock so well reflects the sunlight, has not yet received