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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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A nicely shaped pebble, sitting close to the rover, imaged on sol 1436 (March 5, 2025), by one of the rover's front Hazard avoidance cameras.

It would look cool on my desk as a paperweight :)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Then I best stick with my first pick from 2016 :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This one looks like it's REALLY looking down on you, with intense disapproval. And it's got a big nose.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The disapproval could be associated with having being zapped with the rover's laser (See the 5 small bright spots on its surface)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Two questions: is it made of clay, and can you chew it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

is it made of clay, and can you chew it?

Not clay, it's an iron-nickel meteorite, that stuff is harder than nails, so chewing it would likely require some special teeth :)