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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/65dBnoise/statuses/113987333005511235">65dBnoise (65dbnoise@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 06:52:15 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise" title="65dbnoise@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/112793-48-20230416101636.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="65dBnoise" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">65dBnoise</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>BREAKING:</p><p>Scientists announce that the processes which created the "poppy seeds" and "leopard spots" features <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perseverance" rel="tag">#Perseverance</a> encountered at Bright Angel were most likely biological metabolisms.</p><p>That's as close to announcing ancient life found on Mars as it has ever been</p><p><a href="https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/2133.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/pdf/2133.pdf</a></p><p>Images:</p><p>• Annotated excerpt from the paper (h/t <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sharponlooker">@sharponlooker</a> )<br>• "leopard spots" seen at the Cheyava Falls rock<br>• "poppy seed" animation of the abrasion at the Walhalla Glades field</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mara" rel="tag">#Mara</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" rel="tag">#Solarocks</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4548918#notice-8905761">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-12T06:52:15+09:00" title="Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 06:52:15 JST">about 7 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/113987333005511235" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/113987333005511235">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4121217">Annotated excerpt from the paper:PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FORMATION MECHANISMS OF “POPPY SEEDS” AND “LEOPARD SPOTS” IN THE BRIGHT ANGEL FORMATION, NERETVA VALLIS, MARS.by• M. M. Tice, Dept. of Geology &amp; Geophysics, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, TX, USA• J. A. Hurowitz, Dept. of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA• A. P. Broz, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA• M. W. M. Jones, School of Chemistry &amp; Physics and Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia• N. Randazzo, Dept. of Earth &amp; Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/987/322/596/490/770/original/fe965784240ecb71.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/987/322/596/490/770/original/fe965784240ecb71.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4121218">Composit SHERLOC_WATSON and SHERLOC_ACI rendering of the "leopard spots" seen on the Cheyava Falls rock, Sol 1201, RMC 55.0000</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/987/325/165/025/766/original/b22a8444a8cf8175.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/987/325/165/025/766/original/b22a8444a8cf8175.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4121219">Animation of the abrasion at the Walhalla Glades field, where the "poppy seed" features were seen on Sol 1179, RMC 54.0000</a></label><br><video poster="" controls="controls"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/987/327/883/481/604/original/49869a74c653db55.mp4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></li></ol></footer></blockquote>