Zebra rock is a Mars unicorn

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  • @JPalmer7
    @JPalmer7 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  3 місяці тому

      Thanks for your show of support for this channel!

  • @stephenhicks826
    @stephenhicks826 4 місяці тому +128

    I never thought I'd get to explore the surface of Mars when I was aged 70. This is just fantastic stuff. Thanks Mars guy.

    • @johncnorris
      @johncnorris 4 місяці тому +6

      Good news, you're only 37.3 years old when exploring from Mars!

    • @holographic_red
      @holographic_red 4 місяці тому +1

      Cool to hear! Glad you still care and i hope i and my kids will too!

    • @scottthomas3792
      @scottthomas3792 4 місяці тому +4

      Not quite 70 yet, but never thought I would be exploring Mars on a tiny handheld device that does way more than a Star Trek communicator...

    • @Ron4885
      @Ron4885 4 місяці тому +1

      Let's make it till we see people walking around on it. That would be wonderful.

    • @dbaider9467
      @dbaider9467 4 місяці тому

      I know, it's wonderful.

  • @holographic_red
    @holographic_red 4 місяці тому +45

    I love this channel, no clickbait and just science.

    • @sansmojo
      @sansmojo 4 місяці тому +6

      I mean, there's neither a zebra nor a unicorn in this video. /s

    • @joebloe1401
      @joebloe1401 3 місяці тому +1

      dumd boring science

  • @billygamer3941
    @billygamer3941 4 місяці тому +30

    I saw that zebra rock and got excited. "Looks like my gneiss sample!" and all that implied. Then, hopes dashed--no primordial tectonics. Thank you "Mars Guy" for another stimulating Sunday morning.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +2

      Given the lack of compositional information, you could still be right...

  • @Firebuck
    @Firebuck 4 місяці тому +50

    As a non-geologist it's always impressive to see how many different rocks and minerals nature cooks up in her kitchen of chemistry, temperature and pressure. Geologists seems like detectives to me.

    • @KrisCadwell
      @KrisCadwell 4 місяці тому +7

      As an artist I am fascinated by the variety of patterns and textures they have.

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 4 місяці тому +8

      Absolutely they're detectives. First they deciphered the prehistory of the Earth and the formation of the Solar System, and now they're getting to grips with Mars. It's an incredible time to be alive.

    • @rayeannkemp9518
      @rayeannkemp9518 3 місяці тому +1

      I wanted to be one but I got lazy and tired of school and became a nurse instead. I love your channel.

  • @damonbanks259
    @damonbanks259 4 місяці тому +27

    😁 The old saying in medicine "sometimes it's a zebra," to point out the odd diagnosis. One can hear the sound of hooves but it's not always a horse... 😊

    • @Scissors69
      @Scissors69 4 місяці тому +1

      "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras"

  • @nagualdesign
    @nagualdesign 4 місяці тому +14

    Consistently one of the best channels on UA-cam.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +4

      Thanks for saying so!

  • @alanhenderson7006
    @alanhenderson7006 4 місяці тому +24

    These little "gems" of unexplained findings on the surface of Mars are part of the reason for exploration. They keep our attention and curiosity moving forward. Oh for the day when humans can reach out, pick it up, analyse and find the answers they seek. Until then, thanks Mars Guy.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Agreed. And thanks.

  • @robertfindley921
    @robertfindley921 4 місяці тому +16

    Fascinating! I'm 61 and want so badly that a human walk on Mars in my lifetime. Fingers crossed.

    • @GneasYTC
      @GneasYTC 4 місяці тому +6

      63, and feel exactly the same. It's the one thing I desperately want to see before I go.

    • @graemebrumfitt6668
      @graemebrumfitt6668 4 місяці тому +5

      62 n fingers crossed 🤞GB :)

    • @TheBagmaven49
      @TheBagmaven49 4 місяці тому +4

      I'll be 68 in November. I want to be around, too! I also want to see what they find in the oceans of Europa. Just give me my smartphone in the nursing home, and I'll be happy. 😊

    • @frankhage1734
      @frankhage1734 4 місяці тому

      Until robots can construct a safe habitat, we fragile bags of meat are ill suited for the solar radiation and lack of atmosphere on Mars. I think Mars visits by humans will not happen until AI robots can build landing pads and pressurized living and working quarters before we launch.

    • @sproctor1958
      @sproctor1958 4 місяці тому +4

      I was born during the IGY in '58... same year the U.S. launched its first successful satellite, Explorer.
      I still live about 90 miles away from "The Cape" and from this vantage point, I have watched them flying humans from the Mercury program up to the Dragons now.
      I grew up reading Golden Age science fiction... so seeing it FINALLY beginning to become reality... is a "bucket list" goal for me also.
      Carry on!

  • @rickc4317
    @rickc4317 4 місяці тому +12

    I wake up every Sun morning looking forward to my Mars Guy update. Thanks for another good one.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Glad you do! Thanks again.

  • @rickitynick4463
    @rickitynick4463 4 місяці тому +21

    Awesome. Thanks for another great update.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Thanks again!

  • @ramrod0209
    @ramrod0209 4 місяці тому +21

    Maybe Perseverance will be lucky and find another one. It is odd the One Zebra Stone is just sitting alone on the surface. Where is its Mother OutCropping? ☆☆

    • @jaym8257
      @jaym8257 4 місяці тому +2

      Up slope.

  • @bishopdredd5349
    @bishopdredd5349 4 місяці тому +11

    Your updates are so much appreciated,

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Glad you do.

  • @bobpourri9647
    @bobpourri9647 4 місяці тому +7

    Glacial erratic? Wouldn't THAT be something! Animated "Mars Guy" - now that is cool!

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Glad you like it!

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch 4 місяці тому +13

    That Gneiss comparison to not mean, sure is nice 🙂
    Thanks Mars Guy for another Sunday class! 👍💪✌

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for attending!

  • @wayneisanamerican
    @wayneisanamerican 4 місяці тому +3

    I live on the edge of old glacial till and I have seen rocks much like this while tilling my garden. I always assumed they were igneous or metamorphic, also very heavy. I will have a friend examine it (a geologist) and come back and repost if I find anything out.

  • @dave8181
    @dave8181 4 місяці тому +4

    Mars Guy never fails to impress on Sunday mornings. Gneiss work!

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Ha, good one!

  • @dbaider9467
    @dbaider9467 4 місяці тому +2

    Ireland has/had some brilliant white quartz glacial erratic stones that were revered in the past - they were centerpieces to stone circles 3000+ years ago. Some were quite big (on record, now sadly destroyed). These stones / boulders were so bright and unusual in the local area they became focal points for gathering, apparently. It seems Mars also has some erratic stones it needs to explain.

  • @AerialWaviator
    @AerialWaviator 4 місяці тому +2

    Truly fascinating. Both the zebra rock, and the investigative thought process of a martian geologist. A very insightful description to what differentiates this rock. Thx Mars Guy.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks again. Glad you enjoy the investigation.

  • @astrogeo1
    @astrogeo1 4 місяці тому +2

    Where I live in Norway at about 62.2 N near the west coast there are quite a lot of rocks like this. I think it is a magmatic granite rock, or possibly formed in thick rhyolitic lava flows.
    However it can possibly be a dioritic/andesite or possibly gabbro rock depending upon the exact quantity of light vs dark constituents.

  • @glencrandall7051
    @glencrandall7051 4 місяці тому +16

    Some day a geologist from earth might be able to find that rock again and be able to answer all the questions. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

    • @EEEZYWEEEZY
      @EEEZYWEEEZY 4 місяці тому

      aka... fake news?

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@EEEZYWEEEZY Your comment makes absolutely *_no_* sense given the context and original comment... 🙄

    • @stevenr8606
      @stevenr8606 4 місяці тому +2

      Could be another keyboard pounder.​@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE 4 місяці тому

      @@stevenr8606 That was my suspicion, but, I still felt their stupidity deserved being called out... 😏
      I figure if you don't, they'll think it's acceptable behavior and continue to do it. _(yes, I treat them like children because, let's face it, that's the level of maturity they exhibit 😁)_

  • @jamesrussell7760
    @jamesrussell7760 4 місяці тому +2

    Once again, a fascinating enigma. Metamorphic rock, if that is what the Zebra Rock was, suggests a very active geology in Mars' distant past. Once we have boots on Mars' ground, the entire geological history of the planet since its molten state will be an open book given the apparent lack of plate tectonics. A research geologist, such as yourself, Mars Guy, has to be chomping at the bit to be about it.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Boots on the ground will be a huge development, but enigmas will remain, just like on Earth. Can't wait though!

  • @kevinbissett293
    @kevinbissett293 4 місяці тому +4

    Good Morning, Mars Guy. You always ask interesting questions. Like how was the rock formed. You're right it is remarkable. My question would be. How did these rocks end up virtually in the middle of nowhere? The rocks are maybe similar to the rocks on earth. Another question I have. Is there a possibility That there a elements on Mars that are not on the periotic table? Great Episode. You really make people think. Have a Great Sunday, Mars Guy.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +2

      This one likely rolled downhill from an outcrop somewhere. And no, it's unlikely that Mars has any novel elements. Minerals, yes.

  • @GemmaC
    @GemmaC 4 місяці тому +2

    This certainly looks like a bimodal volcanic tuff. If so, the dark areas are basaltic, and the white andesitic to rhyolitic. Such tuffs can form where basalt intrudes older rock, melts a higher silica fraction out of it, and the two liquids are erupted together. This rock is very well rounded and has been transported much further than the angular basalt chunks which are so common in the area.

  • @peterotoole5699
    @peterotoole5699 4 місяці тому +6

    Looks like a layered Gabbro consisting of pyroxene,hornblende and feldspar

  • @RickBevi-w4w
    @RickBevi-w4w 4 місяці тому +2

    Good morning from Paris this week MG maybe these stones are like the mile markers we have here on Mother Earth. It’s so beautiful to drive around Mars together.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Glad you're enjoying the ride from there.

  • @libertyauto
    @libertyauto 4 місяці тому +4

    mean ole rock.
    Thanks Mars Guy.

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 4 місяці тому +4

    As somebody who loves to pick up cool rocks, the fact that this particular rock's exact location is known but we can never got back and look at it again makes me *so mad*.

  • @graemebrumfitt6668
    @graemebrumfitt6668 4 місяці тому +2

    Rite Mars Dude, A horse is a horse of course of course, unless it's a Gneiss Zebra! TFS, GB :)

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +2

      Ha, good one!

  • @jackieking1522
    @jackieking1522 4 місяці тому +7

    That might be the first chortle I've ever made. Thank you...well done🤭

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Ha, glad it was successful!

  • @goiterlanternbase
    @goiterlanternbase 4 місяці тому +2

    Yeah. Both are just volcanic rocks, with a lot of chloride minerals in them🤗

  • @ericfielding2540
    @ericfielding2540 4 місяці тому +1

    I saw an image of this rock posted a while ago and I was waiting for your discussion about it. Very interesting!
    I can't think of a good pun about mean rocks at the moment.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Glad you tuned in. And no need for more puns!

  • @threefeetofair758
    @threefeetofair758 4 місяці тому +2

    My first was gniess, but then you went on... nice!

  • @scottthomas3792
    @scottthomas3792 4 місяці тому +2

    Surprises like this is why exploration is a good thing...one of the reasons, at least.

  • @TheTodd25
    @TheTodd25 4 місяці тому +2

    GO CSGS. That is a name I have not heard since we left Colorado Springs a decade ago.

  • @kasuha
    @kasuha 4 місяці тому +6

    Love your updates, thank you!

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @Sonnell
    @Sonnell 4 місяці тому +12

    What is hard for me to understand, why they do not go back sometimes to investigate. It is pretty clear they do not know exactly what this rock is, how it formed, etc... and the rover is there to investigate info of exactly such unknown things... but they just drive away...

    • @ramrod0209
      @ramrod0209 4 місяці тому +5

      Yep -- if the danger is low, I would turn that Rover around!

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 4 місяці тому +7

      As the primary directive is to look for signs of evidence of life, unfortunately the geology of how it formed, has to take a back seat. But like the Galapagos Islands, it's not going anywhere. Other explorers or robotic explorers, will eventually return to that area, I am sure.

    • @GneasYTC
      @GneasYTC 4 місяці тому +2

      My guesses:
      1) It's unlikely that stone is unique and there's a reasonable chance of finding a similar one if they just proceed.
      2) Moving the rover is always a bit dodgy, Percy has very nearly got stuck a couple of times. Perhaps back-tracking through that terrain is simply too high-risk?

    • @ramrod0209
      @ramrod0209 4 місяці тому

      @@David-yo5ws 'Someday' that area will be:: "Zebra Rock National Unicorn Park" at the Visitor's Center! ☆☆

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 4 місяці тому +2

      They do alter course quite often. On this occasion I guess they weighed up all the options and decided that it would be better not to. If they always took a beeline to the nearest shiny thing the rover would have probably immobilized itself long ago.

  • @grahambate1567
    @grahambate1567 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you again for the excellent presentation

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for watching.

  • @richb2229
    @richb2229 4 місяці тому +2

    The rock looks like modified lava with iron mineral like dark material in it. I have seen Dolomites and granite with similar patterns. Tahoe area granite has a similar appearance.

  • @DigDougDig
    @DigDougDig 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice or not nice? Love watching your geologist interpretation of what type of rocks we are viewing. 👍

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Gneiss! And thanks.

  • @-mike-8134
    @-mike-8134 4 місяці тому +1

    Very interesting... nice transitions too. Thx Mars Guy !

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Thanks as always.

  • @michaelcox1071
    @michaelcox1071 4 місяці тому +2

    Ending with a World class dad joke. Well done.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Ha, thanks!

  • @kyleriv
    @kyleriv 4 місяці тому +2

    I see what you did there… geology nerd humor, awesome!

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Yes, thank you!

    • @kyleriv
      @kyleriv 4 місяці тому

      @@MarsGuy As kid I spend a lot of hours in a camper traveling around the US. Also had a mom that studied geology for a bit and got to go on field trips around the southwest (grew up in Tempe). Have you ever had the chance to Rome around the south side of Camel Back mt? Lots of interesting stuff was exposed while they were building homes up that side.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      @@kyleriv Perhaps it's somewhat ironic, but I spend more time exploring rocks beyond AZ.

    • @kyleriv
      @kyleriv 3 місяці тому

      @@MarsGuy yes, I’m envious of your travels to Chile. A client of ours is studying Mars geology, but from satellite. Thanks for the videos.

  • @randalllewis4485
    @randalllewis4485 4 місяці тому +2

    Ahh, puns. Gentle humor always welcome early on Sunday mornings.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Glad you appreciate this.

  • @S.Clause
    @S.Clause 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for posting.

  • @pixelchi
    @pixelchi 4 місяці тому +3

    As Perserverance appears to gain elevation perhaps the zebra rock source outcrop will be encountered. The rock appears subangular to rounded suggesting its been extensively sandblasted by wind and/or rolled down slope some distance by intermittent flowing water. Maybe it rafted in on ice from ancient glacial melt waters. Weird.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Yes, I'm hoping for more.

  • @garywhite2050
    @garywhite2050 4 місяці тому +10

    ...nicely.. done 🎉

    • @GneasYTC
      @GneasYTC 4 місяці тому

      Don't you mean "gneissly done?" I'll get me coat... 🏃‍♂

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Gneiss one!

  • @robertcombs2480
    @robertcombs2480 4 місяці тому +2

    Now I can explain the qualifications Santa makes when filling out his list to the kids on my school bus.

  • @Spuce_Doofus
    @Spuce_Doofus 4 місяці тому +1

    I will never grow old of mineral puns.

  • @johnmerrett5186
    @johnmerrett5186 4 місяці тому +2

    Hey MG 👋 interesting as always. Zooming along now, soon be at the top JPM🚀⛏️🇬🇧😎

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks, and yes, making tracks!

  • @Sheaker
    @Sheaker 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank You Mars Guy! There are more interesting rocks ahead!

  • @gonebabygone4116
    @gonebabygone4116 4 місяці тому +2

    like glacial erratics, two dozen of the same rocks, and then one oddball.

  • @phoule76
    @phoule76 4 місяці тому +2

    I wonder how far it is now from where it first formed.

  • @reichman73
    @reichman73 4 місяці тому

    Wow. Wouldn't it be incredible to know exactly how one unique zebra rock got to where it is, all by itself, in the middle of nowhere? Sadly, we'll never find out in our lifetime. But Mars Guy's videos are so fascinating, you can’t help but wonder., and wish.

  • @therion108
    @therion108 4 місяці тому +4

    Could it be of meteoritic origin? It's pretty odd to be so strikingly different from anything else we've seen there.. If anything's worth of turning the rover back for a closer look, it's oddities like this!

    • @Jamie-1985
      @Jamie-1985 4 місяці тому +2

      Good idea but I'm thinking a meteorite might show some ablation which this does not-what a puzzle

    • @karlbarros2849
      @karlbarros2849 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Jamie-1985ablation from Mars atmosphere?

  • @gary8265
    @gary8265 4 місяці тому +3

    PUNS? Not what I needed early on Sunday morning! LOL

  • @casnimot
    @casnimot 4 місяці тому +2

    I don't know anything, just looking at that rock, I note that it's worn round and out of place, so it makes me think old. I'm also thinking it's sedimentary in origin and that water may be how it got to where it is and the shape it is.

  • @robinhodgkinson
    @robinhodgkinson 4 місяці тому +2

    In local parlance you’re just asking for it… “Looks pretty mean to me bro!” Mean: good, awesome, impressive. It’s a kiwi thing… ; )

  • @mikehaxell
    @mikehaxell 4 місяці тому +2

    ignimbrite? Some rocks in the English lake district have this sort of structure...

  • @CanuckBeaver
    @CanuckBeaver 4 місяці тому

    As a retired physics and earth science teacher in high school, I just discovered this video and give top praise to you for your use of comparisons for scale and identification. People then immediately grasp your concepts, though they need geology training to understand the mineralogy and tectonics (I will look at your other videos, where you may have explained those things equally well. Keep up the great job. In contrast almost all science journalism is junk, just repeating the title in the first 5 paragraphs.

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for the great feedback. It's always a challenge to provide enough background information and keep the video length manageable for me (which is about 4 minutes).

  • @edwardlane1255
    @edwardlane1255 4 місяці тому +2

    reminded me a little of restingolites

  • @bubblesezblonde
    @bubblesezblonde 4 місяці тому +5

    4-star pun ending

  • @Ryan-mq2mi
    @Ryan-mq2mi 4 місяці тому +2

    Frustrating when they don’t investigate things like that. Isn’t that kind of what it’s therefore? I don’t know if there’s some destination deadline, but traveling is half the fun

  • @terrymckenzie8786
    @terrymckenzie8786 4 місяці тому +2

    Must of been moved there by a glacier millions of years ago😮

  • @rickdeckard4213
    @rickdeckard4213 4 місяці тому +2

    🤔 What are those circular markings dead centre on the rock at 2:30? 🤔

  • @r0cketplumber
    @r0cketplumber 4 місяці тому +2

    Not only is it not mean, it isn't average either.

  • @l.mcmanus3983
    @l.mcmanus3983 4 місяці тому +2

    I am curious about how much more rounded the edges on the rock are than others visible in the photos. Some sort of weather might have occurred. Could sandstorms have smoothed the surface? Does that point to it being softer than other exposed rocks surrounding it? Or just older? It does seem like it is some sort of crystal structure as the dust does not seem to stick to it very well.

  • @EditioCastigata
    @EditioCastigata 4 місяці тому +4

    1:30 That hammer is no everyday item for a layman viewer. You could additionaly display a banana for size comparison.

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 4 місяці тому +3

      The handle is sized to accommodate a human hand. That is, an adult human. Hope that helps. 😊

    • @graham2105
      @graham2105 Місяць тому +2

      A shire horse is roughly 16-17 hands so the handle is about a 16th the height of horse...hope this helps.😮

  • @Valgween
    @Valgween 4 місяці тому +2

    So that's where Gneiss Name got his name.

  • @marvinmartin4692
    @marvinmartin4692 4 місяці тому +1

    That looks like a metamorphic rock.

  • @almarutn
    @almarutn 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice one MG

  • @loslaynes
    @loslaynes 4 місяці тому +2

    Well, I guess that rock was gnus worthy

  • @tednordquist5266
    @tednordquist5266 4 місяці тому +1

    I wonder if interesting rocks will begin to peter out as they leave the crater and they will circle back down for another pass.

  • @NIL0S
    @NIL0S 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh man, we're on Mars rock hunting 😄

  • @martinhill389
    @martinhill389 4 місяці тому +11

    nice

  • @nzavon
    @nzavon 4 місяці тому +3

    But how did it get there ?

  • @CaseyHandmer
    @CaseyHandmer 4 місяці тому

    There are granite rocks in my yard that look similar, the striping is from slow convective shear during crystalization. Not much known granite on Mars either, but my guess is that it fell down from an impact elsewhere.

  • @Joe-jv5mm
    @Joe-jv5mm 4 місяці тому +6

    Mars Guy find's 🦓 on Mars 😉

  • @scozbert
    @scozbert 4 місяці тому +3

    or that’s not a Martian rock

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 4 місяці тому +3

    "not gneiss" Clever.

  • @AceSpadeThePikachu
    @AceSpadeThePikachu 4 місяці тому +2

    This may be a bit of a stretch, but...since we've already found plenty of meteorites here on Earth that originated from Mars (blown of the surface of Mars by massive impacts), is there a possibility that at least a few out-of-place-looking rocks on Mars are actually meteorites from Earth?

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому +1

      No evidence of a fusion crust, so less likely to be a meteorite.

    • @AceSpadeThePikachu
      @AceSpadeThePikachu 4 місяці тому

      @@MarsGuy Admittedly I don't know what a fusion crust is (is it the dark matte charring on meteorites cause by atmospheric entry heating?), but I wasn't just talking about this specific rock, but maybe others scattered around that rovers haven't even checked out yet. More of a "Wouldn't it be cool of we did find one?" thought.

  • @rdbchase
    @rdbchase 4 місяці тому +2

    Too bad! The available data throughput is evidently a limitation of the system. You said that the images weren't uploaded for two sols -- and then not interpreted for two more, or was it deemed not worth backtracking then?

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      The images were taken and then Perseverance drove away as planned, before they were sent back to Earth.

    • @rdbchase
      @rdbchase 4 місяці тому

      @@MarsGuy Yes, but had the rock of interest been spotted two sols after the picture was taken, it would only have taken two sols to backtrack to it instead of four.

  • @robadams1645
    @robadams1645 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice!

  • @justyce_yt
    @justyce_yt 4 місяці тому +1

    Looks like a Skyrim silver ore vein 😆😅

  • @Rmm1722
    @Rmm1722 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing ❤🎉

  • @TheLittleAlien
    @TheLittleAlien 4 місяці тому

    This is a zebra marble like one from Mexico - rounded by fluviatile transport. I have a weathered one just like this in a box somewhere. Different from gneiss or porphyritic pebble the white part is seemingly more susceptible to erosion / weathering while the dark part is more resistant. The later might be due to the mineralization from high pressure fluids making them somewhat harder than the source rock.

  • @kccorliss3922
    @kccorliss3922 4 місяці тому +2

    I have a rock very similar to that.

  • @stevenkarnisky411
    @stevenkarnisky411 4 місяці тому +2

    I cannot decide whether to add or subtract ten points to/from your score for the bad pun. But thanks for the information!

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  4 місяці тому

      Keeping score?!

  • @624radicalham
    @624radicalham 4 місяці тому +1

    This looks alot like the "paint" that other rocks that Mars Guy has featured have, but with a unique erosion pattern where the paint has dissipated. Possibly nothing more than that but shame that it wasn't further explored.

  • @ViperEye
    @ViperEye 4 місяці тому +2

    Mars would be every geologist's heaven. 😅

  • @TropicalCoder
    @TropicalCoder 4 місяці тому +8

    The stripes are the result of evolutionary pressure, as an adaptation to predation, to help them to blend into their surroundings and confound their predators. This implies that Mars was once savannah. Unfortunately this species was hunted to extinction, probably by early hunter-gatherers, as we can surmise by the rarity of the find.

  • @paulpaulsen7777
    @paulpaulsen7777 4 місяці тому +3

    For long time already it's my opinion, that they are unnecessarily rushing too fast, not having a look on dozens of highly interesting objects

  • @benjiunofficial
    @benjiunofficial 4 місяці тому +1

    Looks just like an erratic

  • @KGTiberius
    @KGTiberius 4 місяці тому +3

    Not gniesse and not average. Nice pun!

  • @Oltoir
    @Oltoir 4 місяці тому +3

    Gneiss video!! :)

  • @Chyrre
    @Chyrre 4 місяці тому +3

    Love the pun on words, but gneiss is pronounced with the g-sound audible, as the K is the name Knut the Great (Cnut in English). Not nut and nice lol

  • @Orang315
    @Orang315 3 місяці тому

    That Zebra rock is a metaphorphic basalt

  • @mommyisti18
    @mommyisti18 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this video. Hoep to watch more videos from you. Have a Great Day . Greetings from our Family - Kapiso Mo Vlog 4:47

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  3 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching and I hope you watch more.

  • @SaltyMeatHook
    @SaltyMeatHook 3 місяці тому

    That pun at the end. Groan.
    lol

    • @MarsGuy
      @MarsGuy  3 місяці тому +1

      You're welcome!

  • @motoflyte
    @motoflyte 4 місяці тому +1

    You should legally change your name to Rock Steiner 😅