NASA s Curiosity Rover Finds a Bizarre Rock on Mars That Looks Like a (Coral)Flower @TheCosmosNews

#thecosmosnews NASA s Curiosity rover spots a coral-like mineral formation on the surface of the Red Planet that was likely made from water trickling through a rock billions of years ago NASA s Curiosity rover has been in the Gale Crater on Mars since November 2011 It has been looking for signs of ancient water, thought to flow within the crater The latest image was taken with a microscope instrument known as MAHLI It shows a tiny flower-like mineral structure that once formed within a rock This may have been the result of water dripping through the rock formation NASA’s Mars Exploration Program released an intriguing, beautiful image of what it almost certainly not a flower this week. The space agency’s Curiosity Rover merged six images on Friday to complete a photo of a tiny, microscopic formation that indeed looks like it could be an organism, but is actually created from delicate mineral crystals. The photo was taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) at the end of Curiosity’s robotic arm, according to NASA.