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submitted 1 month ago by SpaceFacts@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 107 points 1 month ago (19 children)

With pictures like this it's so hard to convince my brain that it's not just a picture of a random boulder taken with flash at night.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except no weathering.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is lots of weathering on mars

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But not on an asteroid

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They literally shot it with a 2kg copper slug (bullet) to expose parts that were not weathered to collect samples

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