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BREAKING:

Scientists announce that the processes which created the "poppy seeds" and "leopard spots" features #Perseverance encountered at Bright Angel were most likely biological metabolisms.

That's as close to announcing ancient life found on Mars as it has ever been

hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025

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• Annotated excerpt from the paper (h/t @sharponlooker )
• "leopard spots" seen at the Cheyava Falls rock
• "poppy seed" animation of the abrasion at the Walhalla Glades field

Annotated excerpt from the paper: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FORMATION MECHANISMS OF “POPPY SEEDS” AND “LEOPARD SPOTS” IN THE BRIGHT ANGEL FORMATION, NERETVA VALLIS, MARS. by • M. M. Tice, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA • J. A. Hurowitz, Dept. of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA • A. P. Broz, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA • M. W. M. Jones, School of Chemistry & Physics and Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia • N. Randazzo, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Composit SHERLOC_WATSON and SHERLOC_ACI rendering of the "leopard spots" seen on the Cheyava Falls rock, Sol 1201, RMC 55.0000
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This year, I added another element to the altar- in traditional manner, I adapted an existing religious icon, in this case a Barro Negro figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe that I bought in Mexico, she stands in for #Mara #GreatMother the Latvian primal #EarthGoddess, bringer of life, keeper of dead, black like the earth, the womb, the night.
She is crowned with Bunchberries for fruitfulness and abundance, Maianthemum berries to remind us that spring will come again, and seeds of sacred Linden.

We see the top of a black clay statue of a figure gazing downward, she wears a crown which has been topped with two clusters of berries, one orange-red the other deep cranberry and translucent, plus a whorl of green leaves and a stem with a few small green seed capsules. She is surrounded by a blurred background of multi-coloured foliage.
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1/ When I mentioned rehoming the kitty who moved in here this summer, I talked about his safety- cats outdoors here don't live very long.
Another serious concern was for all the other little people- he was a very keen/ very effective hunter!
After he left (see posts from couple of days ago) it seemed like #GreatMother #Mara #EarthGoddess #BirdGoddess (all synonyms/facets of the same #nature principle) was sending me messages: remember all the other lives and : life is still here. more-replies-

A small/young snowshoe hare, in summer coloration-greyish brown with some dark hairs and white around rims of ears and nose is crouched in the grass in front of an area of taller plants, shrubs and trees. It is looking slightly sideways towards the camera.
Two small dark birds, one grey brown and one charcoal, both lighter underneath, are foraging for food in a mowed area of grass, dandelions etc. Shot taken from some distance and cropped, it is not super crisp, birds are small in the frame.
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