Water or Dust in Mars Photo?

[Pale_Rider]

Check out the lower right of the image. Is that liquid (frozen) water or fine dust?

[Worst Username Ever]

1. Well, we already know there is frozen water on mars

in the ice caps, which are clearly visable.



as far as that bieng LIQUID water, no, I do not believe it is. I also can't tell is this is a closeup picture or a picture of a huge rock formation from the sky... any info? Either way, that blurry area of dust appears to surround the whole rock...

[Pale_Rider]

4. Its from the rover, Opportunity ...

... so its a fairly close-up photo of a layered rock formation. Its a strange one since some of the 'blueberries' appear to be half-submerged.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/306/1P155356235EFF38EVP2555L4M1.HTML

[soothsayer]

5. bad rover! bad dog.

[marc_the_dem]

2. yeah its water

but is that really mars? you know we never landed on the moon, right?

[MissBrooks]

3. I just don't know...

Being able to say, "I DON'T KNOW" is a good thing.

[Mike Niendorff]

6. follow the intersection of the dust pile and the bottom edge of the slab

It's clearly mounded up about 3/4 of the way over (looking from left to right). No question about it, it's dust.


MDN

[Jesus H. Christ]

7. Ice would sublime

at atmospheric pressure on mars.