According to CNET, NASA's curiosity probe is good at taking eye opening photos of the gale crater on Mars. Recently, the detector photographed a (actually very small) gate shaped crack, and then a planar cliff last year The latest images taken by curiosity show two delicate, gravity defying structures extending upward from the dusty Martian surface
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SETI Institute is a research organization focusing on finding life in the universe. The group highlighted the picture on a twitter post last week, calling it a "cool stone".
SETI offers a possible explanation for these strange shapes: "these spikes are probably cemented fillings of ancient fractures in sedimentary rocks. The rest of the rock is made of softer materials and eroded away."
This picture was taken by curiosity's mastcam on May 15. The size of rocks and other small landscapes may be difficult to judge, but from a broader perspective, these structures are very small. These spikes are reminiscent of a lovely flower or coral like condensate (left after erosion of sedimentary rocks) found by the rover earlier this year.
Curiosity's camera allows it to see everything large and small on Mars, from magnificent panoramas to tiny details on the ground. Both of these angles are beautiful and magical.