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Description	English: PIA16803: Bluish-Black Rock with White 'Crystals' on Mars http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16803 Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Spacecraft: Curiosity Instrument: Mastcam Product Size: 477 x 384 pixels (width x height) Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems Full-Res TIFF: PIA16803.tif (549.9 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA16803.jpg (34.45 kB) Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original) Original Caption Released with Image: The Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity showed researchers interesting color and patterns in this unnamed rock imaged during the 27th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (Sept. 2, 2012). The rock is about 2.4 inches (6 centimeters) across. This view is calibrated to estimated "natural" color, or approximately what the colors would look like if we were to view the scene ourselves on Mars. The rock shows a blue-black color overall, with lighter, whitish tones in patterns that may indicate the presence of distinct crystals of different material in the rock. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project and the mission's Curiosity rover for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Image Addition Date: 2013-03-18
Date	19 March 2013, 11:05:46
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16803.jpg
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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