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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovered a Tiny Rock Arch on Mars That Looked Like a CatIn the Gale Crater on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover caught a glimpse and took photos of a strange tiny rock arch. Back on Earth, citizen scientist Kevin Gill managed to stitch the photographs together to create a mosaic perspective in the image seen above.Some people say that the tiny rock arch resembles a cat or an alien’s head, but NASA’s planetary geologist Abigail Fraeman characterized it as “a particularly whimsical image of an interesting rock texture.” She added in the Rover mission update, “I continue to be dazzled by the textures we’re seeing, especially the prevalence of centimeter sized bumps and lumps poking out of the bedrock. … The whole field of view is about 16.5 cm across, so this is a very tiny feature!”The delicate arch is most likely made of an erosion-resistant material, according to planetary geologist Michelle Minitti, as the Gale Crater is dusty and windy. Materials that cannot resist erosion would have been swept away long ago.#NASA #Mars #arch #cat #CuriosityRover #rock #geology #GaleCrater

Pebble Picasso: Portraits Made From Found Pebbles and Stones by Justin BatemanBritish artist Justin Bateman specializes in creating artwork using pebbles and stones found on site. During the pandemic, Bateman found himself stuck in Thailand - he was planning on staying in Chiang Mai for a week, but found himself remaining there for nearly ten months.So Bateman decided to create his pebble and stone portraits in various places around Chiang Mai that no one but the locals would find and appreciate."The farmer whose portrait I did was most perplexed when I showed him the work," said Bateman to The Sun, "He loved it, but he seemed confused as to why I did it. You can’t sell it, and few people get to see it live, so it’s a bit pointless… but that’s the point. A sandcastle or a snowman are just as important as Michelangelo’s David - even more important, because you made them."Image: @pebblepicassos#JustinBateman #pebble #temporaryart #ephemeralart #stoneart #landart #rock #ChaingMai #Thailand

Kit 300: New Camouflage Tech Lets Soldiers Hide as Rock BouldersThere's a soldier in the photo above - can you spot him? Well, it's not that hard given that there's a binocular right in the middle of that rock formation ... which is obviously not a rock.Instead, it's a camouflage sheet called Kit 300 made by Polaris Solutions, an Israeli company specializing in making survival products. Developed in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Defense, the Kit 300 camouflage is made of thermal visual concealment material that combines microfibers, metals and polymers that camouflage a soldier both from visual and thermal scans.Images: Maya Margit and the Israeli Ministry of Defense#camouflage #soldier #rock