APOD: 2021 March 9 - Perseverance 360: Unusual Rocks and the Search for Life on Mars

Thank you my friend MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday, March 9, 2021 entitled "Perseverance 360: Unusual Rocks and the Search for Life on Mars."

My first thought when viewing this very-wide screen merging of images was how well the recent science fiction movies created backgrounds which resemble what the Perseverance rover camera is capturing and relaying back :-)

I have to chuckle at the APOD author waxing eloquently about finding skeletons, etc. :-)

Whether or not life existed on Mars or not is an interesting point. In any event since God created everything, HE should get gory for whatever is unMarsed [corresponding fro unearthed on earth :-) ]

Image: Perseverance 360 - Unusual Rocks and the Search for Life on Mars - Image Credit - NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU, MSSS

APOD background
"Explanation: Is that a fossil? Looking through recent images of Mars taken by the new Perseverance rover may seem a bit like treasure hunting, with the possibility of fame coming to the first person to correctly identify a petrified bone, a rock imprinted by an ancient plant, or any clear indication that life once existed on Mars. Unfortunately, even though it is possible that something as spectacular as a skeleton could be identified, most exobiologists think it much more likely that biochemical remnants of ancient single-celled microbes could be found with Perseverance's chemical analyzers. A key reason is that multicellular organisms may take a greater amount of oxygen to evolve than has ever been present on Mars. That said, nobody's sure, so please feel free to digitally magnify any Perseverance image that interests you -- including the featured 360-degree zoomable image of the rocks and ridges surrounding Perseverance's landing location in Jezero Crater. And even though NASA-affiliated scientists are themselves studying Perseverance's images, if you see anything really unusual, please post it to popular social media. If your sighting turns out to be particularly intriguing, scientifically, it is likely that NASA will hear about it."

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Zoom in -- you're right -- the clarity is super

Excellent share from NASA Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Tuesday sir.