Perseveration Rover, which explores Mars in search of traces of ancient life, made an interesting discovery. On August 31, he photographed a stone that resembles the head of a turtle peering out of the shell.
Persevrance landed in Jezero crater in February 2021 and since then has traveled more than 37 kilometers on the surface of the planet. For shooting, the Sherloc tool installed on the Rover manipulator was used, which studies textures and the composition of stones near. Sherloc works with the Watson camera, which takes high -quality photographs after illuminating objects with an ultraviolet light.
The Sherloc-Watson system allows us to consider the details of stones and gravel with high accuracy, which helps to understand how the Martian surface was formed.
Even such funny finds as a stone in the form of a turtle are important for science: they give scientists new data on the composition and history of the planet.
