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Detailed View - MER-B Sol 014 Spherule

The original NASA/JPL image link is here

Description:  sea urchin fossil

Apparent size: 3 mm

Common features:  uniform sized bumps, flower patterns, circular and geometric features

 

 

Stacked frames:  3

Enhancement methods:

bright/contrast  difference  cosine   anti-shadow

After bright/contrast, anti-shadow was applied, three frames were stacked and the differential process done.  The resulting image was cosine processed to reveal the subtler details.

 

Summary description of image contents:  a large four-petalled flower structure with a central bump is visible on the left upper limb.  A rounded polygon feature surrounded a "beak" that is identical to that of an urchin.  Ribbed fingerlike projections radiate from the polygon.

Stereo view:

Anaglyph view:

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