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ojosdelostigres on March 16, 2025 10:50 am First image from here [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54382578396/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54382578396/) Second image [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54380846564/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54380846564/)
Azzcrakbandit on March 16, 2025 10:57 am Looks kind of like the beads of iron you’d get from trying to make iron from dirt/soil. Primitive Technology on YouTube is the first thing that came to mind. https://youtu.be/dhW4XFGQB4o?si=CkYBrDTScPXiX6zp
Maxthenodule on March 16, 2025 11:02 am It looks quite alien compared to the surrounding rocks and sand, but what is its composition? I’m a bit trypophobic, so the second image gives me goosebumps.
teddyslayerza on March 16, 2025 11:14 am Looks like hematite. Common on Mars, can from botryoidal concretitons like this pretty readily in the right conditions.
Any_Towel1456 on March 16, 2025 11:18 am Reminds me of the iron pellets the Youtuber of Primitive Technology finds from iron-containing goo after heating it in his furnaces.
Iampepeu on March 16, 2025 12:09 pm Just a lazy Martian not picking up after his dog. Looks like someone stepped in it already.
Organic-Ad-5415 on March 16, 2025 1:17 pm Dino ๐ฆ poo this is def been confirmed there was ๐ฆ on mars than they took a rocket to earth ๐
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First image from here
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54382578396/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54382578396/)
Second image
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54380846564/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmgill/54380846564/)
Looks kind of like the beads of iron you’d get from trying to make iron from dirt/soil. Primitive Technology on YouTube is the first thing that came to mind.
https://youtu.be/dhW4XFGQB4o?si=CkYBrDTScPXiX6zp
It looks quite alien compared to the surrounding rocks and sand, but what is its composition?
I’m a bit trypophobic, so the second image gives me goosebumps.
Looks like hematite. Common on Mars, can from botryoidal concretitons like this pretty readily in the right conditions.
Reminds me of the iron pellets the Youtuber of Primitive Technology finds from iron-containing goo after heating it in his furnaces.
Donkey: Thatโs a nice boulder!
Seriously, is pretty nice!
Just a lazy Martian not picking up after his dog. Looks like someone stepped in it already.
Dino ๐ฆ poo this is def been confirmed there was ๐ฆ on mars than they took a rocket to earth ๐