Possibly. There are some pretty wild temperature swings. I’m not a geologist, but I think rocks usually fracture along the plane of their crystalline structure (as it’s the weakest bond)
Let’s propose that these eroded boulders have a different crystalline structure due to the way they were formed / modified by groundwater etc., then they maybe they are fracturing in a piecemeal fashion, and basically crumble away due to the wild temperature swings.
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 166 (April 14 - 20, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. This image was acquired on April 17, 2024 (Sol 1123) at the local mean solar time of...
Looking to the west after a drive by Perseverance rover on Sol 1124 (April 18, 2024). The drive distance was 34.3 meters (112.5 ft), and took the rover North-northwest to site 51.5030. This image was assemble from 24 overlapping L-NavCam frames (tiles) and then processed / cropped. Zoom in to see the detaile....
Looking good after 1119 sols on Mars. Perseverance rover acquired 3 overlapping images with its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. These images were acquired on April 13, 2024 (Sol 1119) at the local mean solar time of close to 1pm and assembled into this simple cropped mosaic....
1130 - Ingenuity from 478 m (1568.5 ft) LH side, on the crest of a mega ripple (lemmy.world)
MastCam-Z - full zoom (110mm) - Sol 1130 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
A Garden Full of Rocks - Blog for 4166-4167 (lemmy.world)
A Garden Full of Rocks - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4166-4167....
What’s Around the Ridge-bend? - Blog for 4164-4165 (lemmy.world)
What’s Around the Ridge-bend? - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4164-4165. Written by Amelie Roberts, Graduate Student at Imperial College London...
4162 Workspace (lemmy.world)
24 R-MastCam frames assembled in MS-ICE
Double Contact Science - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4161-4163 (lemmy.world)
Double Contact Science...
Unknown process is destroying Mars rocks (youtu.be)
1123 - Image of the week (Week 166) (lemmy.world)
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 166 (April 14 - 20, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. This image was acquired on April 17, 2024 (Sol 1123) at the local mean solar time of...
4159 - Workspace (with scale) (lemmy.world)
1119 - MastCam-Z - Looking down Neretva Vallis (lemmy.world)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS...
1124 - Post drive mosaic (NNE - 34.3 meters) (lemmy.world)
Looking to the west after a drive by Perseverance rover on Sol 1124 (April 18, 2024). The drive distance was 34.3 meters (112.5 ft), and took the rover North-northwest to site 51.5030. This image was assemble from 24 overlapping L-NavCam frames (tiles) and then processed / cropped. Zoom in to see the detaile....
See Ingenuity’s Flight Map: All 72 Helicopter Flights on Mars (YouTube video) (www.youtube.com)
Released April 19, 2024...
1124 - Drive during April 18, 2024 (lemmy.world)
16 tile NavCam - Playground Graffiti ;)
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
1120 - Post-drive map with 3 zoom levels (lemmy.world)
Comet Geyser: Perseverance’s 24th Rock Core (science.nasa.gov)
1121 (Apr 15 2024) Cool Ventifact (lemmy.world)
R-MastCam-Z credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
1120 - Tiled NavCam - Provides context to the earlier post of the ventifacts in the earlier post (lemmy.world)
4 overlapping L-NavCam tiles - Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
1120 - Drive data for the 57 meter drive (lemmy.world)
1119 - Selfie Time (Been a while) (lemmy.world)
Looking good after 1119 sols on Mars. Perseverance rover acquired 3 overlapping images with its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm. These images were acquired on April 13, 2024 (Sol 1119) at the local mean solar time of close to 1pm and assembled into this simple cropped mosaic....
4155 - Another drive. details and colour images to follow ASAP (lemmy.world)
April 14, 2024...
Last look at Ingenuity reveals surprises (youtu.be)
1118 - Post drive tiled NavCam (lemmy.world)
Close to 54 meters further south to site 51.4014....