fossil plants and patterns

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This formation has been put up by Chris at marsroverblog, as a possible fossil horsetail, grass, or long stemmed plant impression on a rock:

www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-212592-this-looks-like-a-plant-fossil.html

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00192/mcam/0192MR1019029000E1_DXXX.jpg

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00234/mcam/0234MR1114018000E1_DXXX.jpg

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Curiosity sol 192:







Curiosity sol 234:








The comparison images that Chris put up:

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A couple of other interesting patterns on rocks have been put up by alemos on the Hidden Mission forum.


keithlaney.net/SMF/index.php?topic=14673.0

Curiosity sol 51:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00051/mcam/0051MR0231044000E1_DXXX.jpg

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And here is the other - also from alemos:

Curiosity sol 74:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00074/mcam/0074MR0563001000E1_DXXX.jpg

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Another pattern on this rock from Curiosity sol 66:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00066/mcam/0066ML0296004000E1_DXXX.jpg

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Curiosity sol 608,

Possibly just a bit of sedementary rock turned upright, but it is distinctive enough that it is worth putting up here:

mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00608/mcam/0608MR0025660100400997E01_DXXX.jpg