The Cosmos, Mars and Life

During my working life I have been a scientist, guitar player, artist, dreamer, systems analyst, marsaholic, and several other things. But, transcending all that, I’ve been searching for nearly 75 years to understand who I am and where I fit in our...

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Fungal like growth on an abraded Jezero Crater Rock surface on Mars

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Same area sol 292 / 293.  Much less gunk

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This is a colourized picture of a small portion of the surface of a rock that was being prepared as one of the samples for later collection by a future Mars Mission. In my view, the image shows a number of biosignatures. Look carefully at the small spheres and filaments that abound in it. The two source images that were combined to make this image were taken by the Perseverance Rover on Sols 292 and 293 of the Mission.

colourized image of an embraded rock surface on Jezero crater, 

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Opportunity Mars rover, sol 5057

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Inside an eroded rock in Gale crater Mars

Sol 1671 MAHLI image

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Very colorful rock surface. MAHLI sol 1744

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Two more images from Curiosity, sol 1707 at top sol 1728 below.

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Multicoloured rocks from Curiosity sol 1728

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Debris flows expressed by Curi wheels sol 1729

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Cropped details from earlier image

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A new curiosity Stromatolitic rock?

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More possible biology at Gale crater, Mars.  

Look at the bottom, right of the image for the martian analogues of filaments, spores and mycelium.  MAHLI images from sol 1714.

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Domal stromatolite analogue on Mars

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Colours of Mars, not only monochrome 

Curiosity sol 1555, Gale Crater. 

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Curiosity sol 1555, rocks with polygons

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Curiosity sol 1555 polygons? Could MIcrobes be far away?

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AutoEqualized montage of colourful rock floating on dark matrix in Gale Crater, Mars.